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Understanding the role of personality and alexithymia in food preferences and PROP taste perception.

Physiology & behavior - 1 Apr 2016

Robino Antonietta, Mezzavilla Massimo, Pirastu Nicola, La Bianca Martina, Gasparini Paolo, Carlino Davide, Tepper Beverly J

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Taste perception and food preferences are influenced by a variety of factors, including personality characteristics. The aims of this study were to examine the role of personality characteristics, such as alexithymia (a personality construct characterized by inability to identify, describe, and work with one's own feelings), in: 1) taste responses to the bitter genetic taste-marker PROP and 2) food liking. We...

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PMID: 26805725
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2016.01.022

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