The race is currently on to develop an effective and simple diagnostic tool to help identify patients suffering from mild cognitive impairment (MCI). A new study is suggesting that a simple at-home ...

Consumer preference or aversion to wines made from native grapes -- such as Concord, Niagara and Catawba, which are grown in North America -- may depend on early exposure to the fruits' sweet, ultra ...

Sensory discrimination and decision-making strategies are pivotal for understanding how subtle differences between stimuli are perceived and categorised. These processes underpin quality assurance ...

If an individual has a hearing loss, and Usher syndrome is suspected, there are several tests used to determine whether that individual has retinitis pigmentosa (RP). Some types of screening can be ...

Sample size is the fourth factor. A greater sample size will provide greater statistical power and reduce the chance of errors. In other words, a sample size of 100 people is better than a sample size ...

Memory problems have long been considered the primary hallmark of dementia, but a team of researchers is now challenging this view. They argue that changes in sensory perception – from vision to ...

University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientists produced a lower-salt processed turkey that consumers in a blind sensory test preferred to a full-salt version, according to a study published in ...

Nearly three-quarters of the samples of top-selling imported olive oil brands failed international extra virgin standards, according to a new report by researchers at the University of California, ...

Food scientists produced a lower-salt processed turkey that consumers in a blind sensory test preferred to a full-salt version, according to a new study. University of Massachusetts Amherst food ...