Contact Information

(267) 519-4707

Leslie Stein

Senior Research Associate

Education

Ph.D., Physiological Psychology; University of Washington

Keywords

salt, acceptance, preference, development, childhood

Recent Publications

Stein, L. J., Cowart, B. J., & Beauchamp, G. K. (2006). Salty taste acceptance by infants and young children is related to birth weight: longitudinal analysis of infants within the normal birth weight range. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 60, 272-279.

Stein LJ, Nagai H, Nakagawa M, Beauchamp GK. Effects of repeated exposure and
health-related information on hedonic evaluation and acceptance of a bitter
beverage. Appetite. 2003;40(2):119-29.

Beauchamp GK, Bachmanov A, Stein LJ. Development and genetics of glutamate
taste preference. Annals of the New York Academies of Science. 1998; 855:412-6.

Stein LJ, Cowart BJ, Epstein AN, Pilot LJ, Laskin CR, Beauchamp GK. Increased
liking for salty foods in adolescents exposed during infancy to a
chloride-deficient feeding formula. Appetite. 1996;27:65-77.