Food choice and food intake are guided by both sensory and metabolic processes. The
senses of taste and smell play a key role in the sensory effects on choice and intake. This …

We are surrounded by sensory food cues, such as odors, that may trigger (un) conscious
decisions and even lead to (over) eating, it is therefore crucial to better understand the effect …

Odor stimuli play a major role in perception of food flavor. Food-related odors have also
been shown to increase rated appetite, and induce salivation and release of gastric acid and …

Repeated consumption of high-energy nutrient poor foods can lead to undesirable health
outcomes such as obesity. Taste plays an important role in food choice, and a better …

The worldwide epidemic of obesity has inspired a great deal of research into its causes and
consequences. It is therefore surprising that so few studies have examined such a …

Sensory properties inform likes and dislikes, but also play an important functional role in
guiding food choice and intake behavior. Odors direct food choice and stimulate sensory …

Perception of the flavour of foods is a complex process that involves the senses of smell and
taste, and chemesthesis (the common chemical sense; also called pungency or irritation) …

Olfactory food cues were found to increase appetite for products similar in taste. We aimed to
replicate this phenomenon for taste (sweet/savoury), determine whether it extends to energy …

Background: Exposure to palatable food odors influences appetite responses, either
promoting or inhibiting food intake. Possibly, food odors are appetizing after a short …

Current research in psychology suggests that unconscious processes influence a significant
proportion of choices and decisions. To study the impact of a non-attentively perceived …