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Psychophysics

The Relationship Between The

Physical Compounds and The Mind

Psychophysical research plays a crucial role in sensory and consumer testing by bridging the gap between a product’s physical properties and human perception. Our team supports your efforts with fundamental investigations designed to deepen understanding of your product’s core sensory characteristics.

  • Exploring the properties and sweetening efficacy of non-nutritive  and low-calorie sweeteners

  • Investigating synergistic and antagonistic interactions among sweetening agents

  • Studying the perception of temporal taste changes, including lingering aftertastes

  • Examining taste enhancement and suppression of both pleasant and unpleasant flavor attributes

  • Classifying umami as a distinct taste modality

  • Developing robust methods for detecting threshold and subthreshold taste levels, as well as measuring relative taste intensities​

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Previous Psychophysical Research at DSI include:

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DAVIS SENSORY INSTITUTE .LLC

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Note: Consumer studies may affect business hours.

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Davis, CA 95616

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