Howes, PD;
Wongsriruksa, S;
Laughlin, Z;
Witchel, HJ;
Miodownik, M;
(2014)
The perception of materials through oral sensation.
PLoS One
, 9
(8)
, Article e105035. 10.1371/journal.pone.0105035.
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Abstract
This paper presents the results of a multimodal study of oral perception conducted with a set of material samples made from metals, polymers and woods, in which both the somatosensory and taste factors were examined. A multidimensional scaling analysis coupled with subjective attribute ratings was performed to assess these factors both qualitatively and quantitatively. The perceptual somatosensory factors of warmth, hardness and roughness dominated over the basic taste factors, and roughness was observed to be a less significant sensation compared to touch-only experiments. The perceptual somatosensory ratings were compared directly with physical property data in order to assess the correlation between the perceived properties and measured physical properties. In each case, a strong correlation was observed, suggesting that physical properties may be useful in industrial design for predicting oral perception.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The perception of materials through oral sensation |
| Location: | United States |
| Open access status: | An open access publication |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0105035 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0105035 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2014 Howes et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Dept of Mechanical Engineering UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Engineering Science > Engineering Science Faculty Office |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1443515 |
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