On the epidemic of food waste: Idealized prototypes and the aversion to misshapen fruits and vegetables
Hingston and Noseworthy, Food Quality and Preference 86, 2020, 103999. Prototype theory; three studies; people with direct experience of growing produce saw low-aesthetic-beauty items as more prototypical, less disgusting and more desirable.
Hingston and Noseworthy, Food Quality and Preference 86, 2020, 103999. Prototype theory; three studies; people with direct experience of growing produce saw low-aesthetic-beauty items as more prototypical, less disgusting and more desirable.
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Hingston, S. T., & Noseworthy, T. J. (2020). On the epidemic of food waste: Idealized prototypes and the aversion to misshapen fruits and vegetables. Food Quality and Preference, 86, 103999. doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2020.103999 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodqual.2020.103999