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Initial experiments on hedonic responses to the taste of sodium-chloride solutions showed that three Ss distinctly liked and five Ss distinctly disliked increasing concentrations. A paired-preference presentation of the same concentrations of sodium chloride resulted in almost identical conclusions for the same Ss, but not with solutions of monosodium glutamate. A second group of 29 Ss demonstrated three hedonic distributions to increasing concentrations of sodium chloride and of sucrose-increased dislike, increased liking, or an increase followed by a distinct reduction.
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Pangborn, R.M. Individual variation in affective responses to taste stimuli. Psychon Sci 21, 125–126 (1970). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03335798
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