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Physiol Behav. 2021 Dec 09;113671. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113671. Epub 2021 Dec 09.

A cup of black coffee with GI, please! Evidence of Geographical Indication influence on a coffee tasting experiment.

Physiology & behavior

Mateus Manfrin Artêncio, Janaina de Moura Engracia Giraldi, Jorge Henrique Caldeira de Oliveira

Affiliations

  1. University of São Paulo, School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 14040-905, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. University of São Paulo, School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 14040-905, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
  3. University of São Paulo, School of Economics, Business Administration and Accounting of Ribeirão Preto, Av. Bandeirantes, 3900, 14040-905, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 34896415 DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2021.113671

Abstract

Geographical Indication (GI) certifications enable producers to set production standards and create competitive advantage based on product's origin. In a coffee tasting experiment, brain responses to origin information of 40 participants, grouped equally by gender and involvement level, were collected by electroencephalography to verify: the impact of the GI cue in four brain waves (alpha, beta, delta and theta) and two brain lobes (frontal and temporal); preference; gender and involvement moderations. Results show that women presented power differences in both hemispheres, more channels/waves, which indicates greater sensitivity to the origin cue. Men presented power differences in fewer channels/waves. It is observed that involvement has a tenuous moderation effect when compared to gender. As for preference, the analysis of delta and theta waves indicated that men preferred coffee with GI; while women preferred coffee without GI, even though most of them indicated the opposite when verbally asked at the end of the tasting section.

Copyright © 2021. Published by Elsevier Inc.

Keywords: Consumer Studies. Coffee. EEG. Geographical Indication. Origin Information

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