When visual cues influence taste/flavour perception: A systematic review and the critical appraisal of multisensory flavour perception

K Motoki, C Spence, C Velasco - Food Quality and Preference, 2023 - Elsevier
There has been a noticeable increase of interest in research on multisensory flavour
perception in recent years. Humans are visually dominant creatures and a growing body of …

Factors influencing the visual deliciousness/eye-appeal of food

C Spence, K Motoki, O Petit - Food Quality and Preference, 2022 - Elsevier
In recent years, a growing number of academic researchers, as well as many marketing and
design practitioners, have uncovered a variety of factors that would appear to enhance the …

On the manipulation, and meaning (s), of color in food: A historical perspective

C Spence - Journal of Food Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
While there has long been public concern over the use of artificial/synthetic food colors, it
should be remembered that food and drink products (eg, red wine) have been purposefully …

Crossmodal correspondences between basic tastes and visual design features: A narrative historical review

BP Lee, C Spence - i-Perception, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
People tend to associate abstract visual features with basic taste qualities. This narrative
historical review critically evaluates the literature on these associations, often referred to as …

Color is to flavor as shape is to texture: A choice‐based conjoint study of visual cues on chocolate packaging

I Baptista, C Spence, R Shimizu… - Journal of Sensory …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The effect (s) of visual cues and their crossmodal correspondences in the context of food
packaging have been increasingly researched over the last two decades. This study …

Behavioural nudges, physico-chemical solutions, and sensory strategies to reduce people's salt consumption

C Spence - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
This narrative historical review examines the wide range of approaches that has been
trialled/suggested in order to reduce the consumption of salt. While sodium is an essential …

Combining typeface and color to prime specific taste expectations.

BP Lee, C Spence - Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the …, 2023 - psycnet.apa.org
The effects of color and typeface on people's taste expectations have been well documented
in the literature on crossmodal correspondences. However, research on the interaction …

[HTML][HTML] Examining cross-modal correspondence between ambient color and taste perception in virtual reality

Z Wu, R Shi, Z Li, M Jiang, Y Li, L Yu… - Frontiers in Virtual …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This research explores the cross-modal correspondence effect of ambient color on people's
taste perception in virtual reality (VR). To this end, we designed and conducted two …

Expectations generated based on associative learning guide visual search for novel packaging labels

C Jiang, X Guo, J Huang, X Wan - Food Quality and Preference, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous research has shown that people can generate expectations regarding the color of
a food packaging labeled with a certain flavor based on the color-flavor associations …

Studies on the enhancement of sparkling wine and chocolate pairing through compositional profile analysis

CE Luchian, EC Scutarașu, LC Colibaba, D Grosaru… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Consumers are looking to experience as many interesting culinary combinations as
possible, and there is a growing tendency to associate wine with various foods. Although …