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SUBMITTER: Menghi L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7689524 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Menghi Leonardo L Khomenko Iuliia I Pedrotti Michele M Cliceri Danny D Aprea Eugenio E Endrizzi Isabella I Cavazzana Annachiara A Biasioli Franco F Giacalone Davide D Gasperi Flavia F
Scientific reports 20201125 1
Food neophobia, i.e., the aversion to novel foods, and olfaction are both factors strongly affecting food choices. Mounting evidence suggests a higher arousal towards food as a key factor underlying the reluctance to eat what is unfamiliar to us. As the role of olfaction behind this phenomenon is poorly understood, we explored the associations between food neophobia and trait anxiety, olfactory functions (odor threshold, discrimination and identification) and retronasal aroma release from a refe ...[more]