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 …

Coriander (cilantro): A most divisive herb

C Spence - International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Coriander is one of the most interesting of herbs/spices given the polarizing (or bivalent)
responses that the fresh leaf evokes in people. While many people appreciate the citrusy …

[HTML][HTML] The taste of colours

C Velasco, FB Escobar, C Spence, JS Olier - Food Quality and Preference, 2023 - Elsevier
A multitude of crossmodal correspondences have now been documented between taste
(gustation) and visual features (such as hue). In the present study, new analytical methods …

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] Using crossmodal correspondences as a tool in wine communication

A Crichton-Fock, C Spence, N Pettersson - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction This research investigates consumer acceptance of alternative methods for
communicating information about wine, focusing on the alignment between sensory …

[HTML][HTML] Individual differences in sensitivity to taste-shape crossmodal correspondences

EG Chuquichambi, E Munar, C Spence… - Food Quality and …, 2024 - Elsevier
People generally associate curved and symmetrical shapes with sweetness, while
associating angular and asymmetrical shapes with the other basic tastes (eg, sour, bitter) …

Crossmodal compensation: Sensory discomfort affects consumer preferences across modalities

OH Groth, R Hadi, L Block - Psychology & Marketing, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Consumers are frequently exposed to uncomfortable sensory circumstances (eg, hot
weather and noise pollution), yet little research has examined how such discomfort might …

Synergistic combination of visual features in vision–taste crossmodal correspondences

BP Lee, C Spence - Multisensory Research, 2023 - brill.com
There has been a rapid recent growth in academic attempts to summarise, understand, and
predict the taste profile matching complex images that incorporate multiple visual design …

[HTML][HTML] Tasty vibes: Uncovering crossmodal correspondences between tactile vibrations and basic tastes

FB Escobar, QJ Wang - Food Research International, 2023 - Elsevier
The interest in crossmodal correspondences individually involving the senses of touch and
taste has grown rapidly in the last few decades. Several correspondences involving different …

Tailoring sweetness sensitivity cued by affective pictures

Y Wen, H Yang, Z Kang, L Wei, S Zhao… - Food Quality and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Plenty of previous studies have observed the cross-modal correspondence effect of vision
and taste. In particular, affective pictures were shown to be associated with certain taste …