Reasons for Adding Different Tastes: An Example of Sprinkling Salt on Watermelon and Its Relation to Subjective Taste Perception, Taste Preference, and Autistic Traits

Table 1

Correlation coefficients between subjective feelings of taste perceptions and AQ-10 scores.

	Salty	Sour	Sweet	Bitter	Umami
Speed
Rho	0.13	−0.04	0.1	−0.06	0.09
	0.15	0.66	0.29	0.53	0.33
Lasting
Rho	0.04	0.13	0.04	0.02	−0.03
	0.69	0.17	0.66	0.79	0.73
Detection
Rho	0.02	0	0.16	−0.09	0.05
	0.81	0.97	0.08	0.33	0.58
Identification
Rho	0.19	0.05	0.06	−0.07	−0.1
	0.03	0.57	0.54	0.43	0.27

Note. N = 119, value before FDR correction for multiple testing.