Methods in Consumer Research, Volume 1
Theoretical and Practical aspects
- 2nd Edition - February 1, 2026
- Editors: Gaston Ares, Paula Varela
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 2 2 7 9 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 2 2 7 8 - 8
Methods in Consumer Research, Volume 1: Theoretical and Practical aspects, 2ndedition, brings together the world’s leading experts in global consumer research whoprovide a full… Read more
Methods in Consumer Research, Volume 1: Theoretical and Practical aspects, 2nd
edition, brings together the world’s leading experts in global consumer research who
provide a fully comprehensive state-of-the-art coverage of advances in methods in consumer
science.
The new edition, thoroughly revised and updated, touches on the latest developments in
consumer behavior. It includes a theoretical overview of consumer behavior, followed by a
detailed description of qualitative techniques, including coverage of focus groups, projective
techniques, ethnography, and social media. Quantitative methods are also addressed from
both an explicit and implicit perspective. A section specifically delves into physiological
measurements, such as eye-tracking, facial reading, and fMRI.
In conjunction with the second volume, which covers specific applications, this book is an
invaluable reference for academics working in the fields of sensory and consumer science,
psychology, marketing, and nutrition. Through examples of the methodologies being applied
throughout, it serves as a practical guide to practitioners in both the public and private sector.
- Provides a comprehensive view of consumer behavior
- Presents a full coverage of methodologies of consumer research
- Includes both qualitative and quantitative methods
- Brings implicit methods for studying consumer perception and behavior
- Covers new chapters on physiological measurements, such as eye-tracking, facial reading and fMRI, and quantitative new methods
Food scientists, technologists, food processors, product developers, food industry workers, research scientists, nutrition researchers, health professionals. Academics in sensory and consumer science, psychology, marketing, nutrition. R&D managers in food and non-food companies. People working in marketing and consultancy companies
Part I. Introduction
1. Recent Advances in Consumer Science
2. Psychographics
Part II. Qualitative Techniques
3. Contextual Influences on Consumer Responses to Food Products
4. New Approaches to Focus Groups
5. Projective Techniques
6. Using Ethnography in Consumer Research
Part III. Liking and Beyond
7. Application of Social Media for Consumer Research
8. Text mining
9. Co-creation and design thinking
10. Conjoint Analysis in Sensory and Consumer Science: Principles, Applications, and Future Perspectives
11. Emotional Responses to Products
12. Consumer-Based Methodologies for Sensory Characterization
13. Measuring the dynamics of Consumer Perception
Part IV. Consumer Segmentation
14. Consumer Segmentation
15. Conceptual Profiling
16. Measuring consumer expectations
17. Situational appropriateness
Part V. Influence of Extrinsic Product Characteristics
18. Experimental Economics to Evaluate Consumer Preferences
19. Measuring Implicit Associations in Food-Related Consumer Research
20. Automatic Facial Expressions Analysis in Consumer Science
21. Physiological Measurements: EEG and fMRI
22. Eye Tracking in Consumer Research
1. Recent Advances in Consumer Science
2. Psychographics
Part II. Qualitative Techniques
3. Contextual Influences on Consumer Responses to Food Products
4. New Approaches to Focus Groups
5. Projective Techniques
6. Using Ethnography in Consumer Research
Part III. Liking and Beyond
7. Application of Social Media for Consumer Research
8. Text mining
9. Co-creation and design thinking
10. Conjoint Analysis in Sensory and Consumer Science: Principles, Applications, and Future Perspectives
11. Emotional Responses to Products
12. Consumer-Based Methodologies for Sensory Characterization
13. Measuring the dynamics of Consumer Perception
Part IV. Consumer Segmentation
14. Consumer Segmentation
15. Conceptual Profiling
16. Measuring consumer expectations
17. Situational appropriateness
Part V. Influence of Extrinsic Product Characteristics
18. Experimental Economics to Evaluate Consumer Preferences
19. Measuring Implicit Associations in Food-Related Consumer Research
20. Automatic Facial Expressions Analysis in Consumer Science
21. Physiological Measurements: EEG and fMRI
22. Eye Tracking in Consumer Research
- Edition: 2
- Published: February 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Gaston Ares
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.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Researcher, Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, University of the Republic (UdelaR), UruguayPV
Paula Varela
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).
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Research Scientist, Nofima, Norway