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The multisensory perception of flavor

Auvray, Malika, Spence, Charles·2008·Consciousness and Cognition

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Following on from ecological theories of perception, such as the one proposed by [Gibson, J. J. (1966). The senses considered as perceptual systems. Boston: Houghton Mifflin] this paper reviews the literature on the multisensory interactions underlying the perception of flavor in order to determine the extent to which it is really appropriate to consider flavor perception as a distinct perceptual system. We propose that the multisensory perception of flavor may be indicative of the fact that the taxonomy currently used to define our senses is simply not appropriate. According to the view outlined here, the act of eating allows the different qualities of foodstuffs to be combined into unified percepts; and flavor can be used as a term to describe the combination of tastes, smells, trigeminal, and tactile sensations as well as the visual and auditory cues, that we perceive when tasting food.

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  • The multisensory integration of interoceptive flavour cues is likely more automatic than the combination of cues involved in interpreting exteroceptive food-related signals.

    “Overall, it would seem likely that the multisensory integration of interoceptive flavour cues is more automatic than the combination of cues that is involved in interpreting exteroceptive food-related signals [1,174,175].”

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Authors
Auvray, M., & Spence, C.
Affiliations
University of Oxford (GB)
Corresponding author
Auvray, Malika
Venue
Consciousness and Cognition
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-09
Volume
17
Issue
3
Pages
1016-1031
ISSN
1053-8100 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2061912721
Cited by
685
References
137
Citations by year
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FWCI
13.70
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Consciousness and Cognition (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Multisensory perception and integration
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Tactile and Sensory Interactions
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies
Keywords
flavor perception, multisensory integration, ecological perception, taste, olfaction, tactile perception, eating
MeSH terms
Auditory Perception, Cues, Food, Humans, Sensation, Smell, Taste, Touch, Trigeminal Nerve, Visual Perception

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