Background Pain perception is a multimodal experience composed of sensory, emotional
and cognitive dimensions. Accumulating evidence suggests that the chemical senses can …

Background Prevalence of high blood pressure among American children has increased
over the past 2 decades, due in part to increasing rates of obesity and excessive dietary salt …

Aim: This study aimed to discern if a prior intake of a natural sweet remedy (honey) impacted
pain perception during intraoral injections. Materials and methods: One hundred healthy …

The Individual Differences Model posits that individual differences in physiological and
psychological factors explain eating behaviors in response to stress. The purpose was to …

When it comes to changing human dietary behaviour, it is increasingly recognised that
knowledge is not enough. Nevertheless, the majority of nutritional interventions designed to …

Objectives The current study aims to evaluate dosage form preferences in children and
young adults together with identifying the key pragmatic dosage form characteristics that …

Aspartame and Stevia are widely substituted for sugar. Little is known about cerebral
activation in response to low-caloric sweeteners in comparison with high-caloric sugar …

Background Pain is a highly complex sensory and emotional experience. When a child
suffers acute pain through illness or injury, they are often transported to hospital by …

Sweetness signals the nutritional value of food and may moreover be accompanied by a
sensory suppression that leads to higher pain tolerance. This effect is well documented in …

Abstract The Sweet Taste Test (STT) is a standardized measure designed to index the ability
to detect differences in sweet tastes (sweet taste sensitivity) and hedonic responses to sweet …