Can you find the golden ratio in your plate?

Flavour

Charles Spence¹  Ophelia Deroy² 

[1] Crossmodal Research Laboratory, Department of Experimental Psychology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK;Centre for the Study of the Senses, University of London, London, UK

关键词: Visual perception;    Psychology;    Composition;    Colour;    Aesthetics;    Plating;   

Others  :  805638
DOI  :  10.1186/2044-7248-3-5

 received in 2013-11-12, accepted in 2014-02-03,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

A scientific approach to plating needs to be based on perceivers’ responses and anticipate possible cultural and individual differences. It cannot just follow common sense principles, whose validity remain untested and only attract journalists’ attention, like the claim that people will prefer food composition based on the golden ratio.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Deroy and Spence; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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