Abstract The liking of food in the presence of background noise has been associated with the noise type and level. So far, however, there have been few studies investigating the non-acoustic factors associated with food perception in the presence of background noise. This study investigated the food liking due to three non-acoustic factors (i.e. gender, noise sensitivity and age) in the presence of background noise, relative to the ambient background noise (i.e. no noise conditions). Fifteen participants rated the liking of food via questionnaires. The perceptual relative food liking due to age, gender and noise sensitivity at different noise types and levels were presented. The results indicated that age, noise sensitivity and gender influence relative food liking. Females had lower liking ratings of food than males (p = 0.038). Noise sensitivity was also negatively correlated with the relative liking of food (r = −0.72, p

中文翻译：

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存在背景噪声时年龄、性别和噪声敏感性对食物喜好的影响

摘要 在存在背景噪声的情况下对食物的喜好程度与噪声类型和水平有关。然而，到目前为止，很少有研究调查在存在背景噪音的情况下与食物感知相关的非声学因素。本研究调查了在存在背景噪声的情况下，相对于环境背景噪声（即无噪声条件），由三个非声学因素（即性别、噪声敏感性和年龄）引起的食物喜好。15 名参与者通过问卷调查对食物的喜好程度。呈现了在不同噪声类型和水平下由于年龄、性别和噪声敏感性引起的感知相对食物喜好。结果表明，年龄、噪音敏感性和性别会影响相对的食物喜好。女性对食物的喜欢程度低于男性（p = 0.038）。