DeJesus Jasmine M, Shutts Kristin, Kinzler Katherine D
Department of Psychology, University of Chicago, 5848 S. University Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, USA.
Psychology Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1202 W. Johnson St., Madison, WI, 53706, USA.
Appetite. 2015 Apr;87:303-9. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2014.12.222. Epub 2014 Dec 31.
Does contextual information about disgust influence children's food consumption and subjective experience of taste? Three- to eight-year-old children (N = 60) were presented with two identical foods, yet children were led to believe that one food had been contaminated by sneezing and licking, while the other was clean. When given the opportunity to eat the foods, 5- to 8-year-old children consumed more clean food and rated the clean food's taste more positively; younger children did not distinguish between the foods. The relation between contamination and subjective taste held even among children who ate both foods and had direct evidence that they were identical. These data indicate that children's consumption behavior and food preferences are influenced by information external to foods themselves.
关于厌恶的背景信息会影响儿童的食物消费和味觉主观体验吗？研究人员向60名3至8岁的儿童展示了两种完全相同的食物，但让孩子们误以为其中一种食物被打喷嚏和舔过而受到了污染，另一种则是干净的。当有机会吃这些食物时，5至8岁的儿童吃干净食物的量更多，并且对干净食物的味道评价更积极；年幼一些的孩子则没有区分这两种食物。即使是那些两种食物都吃了且有直接证据表明它们是一样的孩子，污染与主观味觉之间的关系依然存在。这些数据表明，儿童的消费行为和食物偏好会受到食物本身之外的信息的影响。
