C. Marchisano, L. Vallis, H. Macfie
Jun 1, 2000
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Journal of Sensory Studies
Abstract
Feedback in sensory training can facilitate performance in several ways. It can provide information about the type, the extent and the direction of errors so that they may be corrected. This paper shows the effects of immediate feedback over a three session training. Triangle test, familiar odor recognition and scaling test were used in training. The scaling test, specially designed for this study, was performed with solutions of mixtures of basic tastes in different proportions. Prior sensory ability was taken into account by dividing 54 people into two groups according to their sensory ability. Each group was then split into an experimental group receiving feedback and into a control group. The results showed that feedback has different effects depending on test: a positive effect for recognition test, no effect for triangle test and a probable negative effect for scaling.