16 Ss made cross-modal comparisons of four-component taste mixtures with histogram representations of tastes. Two pacing conditions were investigated, and in each, one taste component was fixed at one of two intensity levels. Pooled estimates of interstimulus similarities were scaled by a distance model which simulated perceived similarities for all cross-modal comparisons made. Not less than 79% of reliable data variance was mapped into the scaling model for all four conditions. Relations between experimental conditions were meaningfully represented in the free parameters of the distance model.
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