Psychorheology ‐ Its Foundations and Current Outlook 1

Psychorheology is the study of how we perceive the textural charac‐teristics of materials. This paper concerns three streams of research on psychorheology: psychological inputs, food science approaches, and models as developed by physicists. The approaches of the three sciences are described from an historical perspective, and the gradual inter‐twining of the sciences in psychorheology is explored to assess prospects for future research.