• Extrinsic Auditory Contributions to Food Perception & Consumer Behaviour: An Interdisciplinary Review 

      Spence, Charles; Reinoso-Carvalho, Felipe; Velasco, Carlos; Wang, Qian Janice (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Food product-extrinsic sounds (i.e., those auditory stimuli that are not linked directly to a food or beverage product, or its packaging) have been shown to exert a significant influence over various aspects of food ...
    • Getting started with virtual reality for sensory and consumer science: Current practices and future perspectives 

      Wang, Qian Janice; Barbosa Escobar, Francisco; Alves Da Mota, Patricia; Velasco, Carlos (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      While virtual reality (VR) has become increasingly popular in food-related research, there has been a lack of clarity, precision, and guidelines regarding what exactly constitutes a virtual reality study, as well as the ...
    • Impossible (food) experiences in extended reality 

      Velasco, Carlos; Barbosa Escobar, Francisco; Petit, Olivia; Wang, Qian Janice (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      We introduce a model to think about impossible experiences in mixed and virtual reality, while emphasizing the role of said experiences in the context of food. This reality-impossibility model includes two continua, namely, ...
    • A Reflection on the State of Multisensory Human–Food Interaction Research 

      Velasco, Carlos; Wang, Qian Janice; Obrist, Marianna; Nijholt, Anton (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      We present a perspective article on the state of multisensory human–food interaction (MHFI) research and lay out some reflections for research and development in this area of inquiry, based on a revision of the different ...
    • The taste of visual textures 

      Escobar, Francisco Jose Barbosa; Wang, Qian Janice; Corredor, Andres; Velasco, Carlos (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Numerous crossmodal correspondences between visual elements and basic tastes have been documented in recent years. Research has shown that many of these correspondences can influence taste expectations when applied in food ...
    • The temperature of emotions 

      Barbosa Escobar, Francisco; Velasco, Carlos; Motoki, Kosuke; Byrne, Derek V.; Wang, Qian Janice (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Emotions and temperature are closely related through embodied processes, and people seem to associate temperature concepts with emotions. While this relationship is often evidenced by everyday language (e.g., cold and warm ...
    • Timing is everything: Onset timing moderates the crossmodal influence of background sound on taste perception 

      Wang, Qian Janice; Spence, Charles; Knöferle, Klemens (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)
      Recent evidence demonstrates that the presentation of crossmodally corresponding auditory stimuli can modulate the taste and hedonic evaluation of various foods (an effect often called “sonic seasoning”). To further ...