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Höchenberger R, Ohla K. Rapid Estimation of Gustatory Sensitivity Thresholds with SIAM and QUEST. Front Psychol. 2017;8:981doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00981.
Höchenberger, R., & Ohla, K. (2017). Rapid Estimation of Gustatory Sensitivity Thresholds with SIAM and QUEST. Frontiers in psychology, 8981. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00981
Höchenberger, Richard, and Ohla, Kathrin. "Rapid Estimation of Gustatory Sensitivity Thresholds with SIAM and QUEST." Frontiers in psychology vol. 8 (2017): 981. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00981
Höchenberger R, Ohla K. Rapid Estimation of Gustatory Sensitivity Thresholds with SIAM and QUEST. Front Psychol. 2017 Jun 16;8:981. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00981. eCollection 2017. PMID: 28670293; PMCID: PMC5472845.
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Front Psychol. 2017 Jun 16;8:981. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00981. eCollection 2017.

Rapid Estimation of Gustatory Sensitivity Thresholds with SIAM and QUEST.

Frontiers in psychology

Richard Höchenberger, Kathrin Ohla

Affiliations

  1. Psychophysiology of Food Perception, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-RehbrueckeNuthetal, Germany.
  2. NutriAct - Competence Cluster Nutrition Research Berlin-PotsdamNuthetal, Germany.

PMID: 28670293 PMCID: PMC5472845 DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00981

Abstract

Adaptive methods provide quick and reliable estimates of sensory sensitivity. Yet, these procedures are typically developed for and applied to the non-chemical senses only, i.e., to vision, audition, and somatosensation. The relatively long inter-stimulus-intervals in gustatory studies, which are required to minimize adaptation and habituation, call for time-efficient threshold estimations. We therefore tested the suitability of two adaptive yes-no methods based on SIAM and QUEST for rapid estimation of taste sensitivity by comparing test-retest reliability for sucrose, citric acid, sodium chloride, and quinine hydrochloride thresholds. We show that taste thresholds can be obtained in a time efficient manner with both methods (within only 6.5 min on average using QUEST and ~9.5 min using SIAM). QUEST yielded higher test-retest correlations than SIAM in three of the four tastants. Either method allows for taste threshold estimation with low strain on participants, rendering them particularly advantageous for use in subjects with limited attentional or mnemonic capacities, and for time-constrained applications during cohort studies or in the testing of patients and children.

Keywords: QUEST; SIAM; gustation; taste sensitivity; threshold

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