Methods in Consumer Research, Volume 1. New Approaches to Classic Methods. Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition

Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction 1. Recent advances in consumer research 2. Complexity of consumer perception

Part Two: Qualitative Techniques 3. New approaches to focus groups 4. Projective techniques 5. Using Ethnography in Consumer Research 6. Application of social media for consumer research

Part Three: Liking and Beyond 7. Product performance optimization 8. Consumer-based methodologies for sensory characterization 9. Dynamics of consumer perception 10. Repeated exposure 11. Affect-based discrimination methods 12. Emotional response to products 13. Conceptual associations 14. Nudging

Part Four: Consumer Segmentation 15. Statistical approaches for consumer segmentation 16. Including context in consumer segmentation: a literature overview shows the what, why and how 17. Oral processing, implications for consumer choice and preferences 18. Consumer Segmentation Based on Genetic Variation in Taste and Smell

Part Five: Influence of Extrinsic Product Characteristics 19. Expectations- blind/informed testing 20. Conjoint analysis in sensory and consumer science: Principles, applications and future perspectives 21. Credence 22. Information Display Matrix 23. Experimental economics to evaluate consumer preferences

Authors

Gaston Ares Sensometrics & Consumer Science, Facultad de Química, Universidad de la República, Uruguay. Gastón Ares works as a professor and researcher in the Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Republic (UdelaR). He works in the area of Sensory and Consumer Science Assessment, working particularly on methodological aspects of new product development and the study of consumer perception. He has extensive experience in research through participation in numerous projects at national and international level. In 2011 he won the prize "Food Quality and Preference Elsevier Award for a Young Researcher". He serves as a reviewer for several journals in the area and is a member of the Editorial Committee of the Journal of Sensory Studies journals and Food Quality and Preference. Paula A Varela Senior Research Scientist, Nofima, Norway. Paula's research has focused on the exploration of new methodologies to further understanding sensory and consumer perception, in particular sensory descriptive techniques with the use of consumers and the influence of non-sensory parameters in consumer food choice. She is a member of the Editorial Board and Guest Editor of Food Research International and of Current Opinion in Food Science. She also has a part-time associate professor position in in sensory and consumer science at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU).