Includes bibliographical references and index.

Tasting history / Gabriella Petrick -- Chemosensory disorders : emerging roles in food selection, nutrient inadequacies, and digestive dysfunction / Carl M. Wahlstrom, Jr., Alan R. Hirsch, and Bradley W. Whitman -- Retronasal olfaction / Jason J. Gruss and Alan R. Hirsch -- Taste and food choice / Thomas R. Scott -- Psychophysical measurement of human oral experience / Derek J. Snyder and Linda M. Bartoshuk -- Color correspondences in chemosensation : the case of food and drinks / Betina Piqueras-Fiszman and Charles Spence -- Effect of visual cues on sensory and hedonic evaluation of food / Debra A. Zellner -- Chemesthesis, thermogenesis, and nutrition / Hilton M. Hudson, Mary Beth Gallant-Shean, and Alan R. Hirsch -- The look and feel of food / Sanford S. Sherman, Mary Beth Gallant-Shean, and Alan R. Hirsch -- Auditory system and nutrition / Alan R. Hirsch -- Sensory-specific satiety and nutrition / Alan R. Hirsch -- Chemosensory influences on eating and drinking, and their cognitive mediation / David A. Booth -- Review of chemosensation for weight loss / Darin D. Dougherty -- Chemosensation to enhance nutritional intake in cancer patients / Cheryl A. Bacon and Veronica Sanchez Varela.