Multisensory Flavor Perception

As a pioneering examination of the latest insights from the rapidly-expanding world of multisensory flavor research, this book provides state-of-the-art coverage of the latest research, highlighting the various types of crossmodal interactions such as sound and taste and vision and taste, and showing their impact on sensory and hedonic perception

Multisensory Flavor Perception: From Fundamental Neuroscience Through to the Marketplace provides state-of-the-art coverage of the latest insights from the rapidly-expanding world of multisensory flavor research. The book highlights the various types of crossmodal interactions, such as sound and taste, and vision and taste, showing their impact on sensory and hedonic perception, along with their consumption in the context of food and drink. The chapters in this edited volume review the existing literature, also explaining the underlying neural and psychological mechanisms which lead to crossmodal perception of flavor. The book brings together research which has not been presented before, making it the first book in the market to cover the literature of multisensory flavor perception by incorporating the latest in psychophysics and neuroscience.