Table 4.

Spearman’s correlation coefficient of personality traits and taste preferences (n=224)

Taste preference	N		E		O		A		C
	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P
Sweet	-0.04	0.53	0.06	0.35	0.04	0.52	-0.06	0.37	-0.06	0.35
Salty	0.22	0.001	-0.11	0.11	0.09	0.17	0.04	0.55	-0.14	0.04
Sour	0.17	0.01	-0.05	0.42	0.02	0.15	-0.09	0.19	-0.04	0.59
Spicy	0.13	0.05	0.07	0.31	0.05	0.47	0.09	0.19	0.001	0.98
Fatty	0.13	0.049	0.09	0.21	0.12	0.08	0.001	0.98	0.001	0.99

N; Neuroticism, E; Extraversion, O; Openness, A; Agreeableness, C; Conscientiousness