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·May 31, 2017·4 min read

Sour Taste Can Detect Water

Sour sensing taste cells play an important role in detecting water on the tongue, researchers say.

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·April 25, 2017·4 min read

Genetics and Environment Combine to Give Everyone a Unique Sense of Smell

Experience and genetics give us all our unique sense of smell, a new study reports.

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·September 16, 2016·5 min read

Sharp Words: Sensory Connections Spill Over in Synethesia

People who suffer from synethesia are also more sensitive to the association between the sound of words and visual shapes, researchers report.

Image shows the painting "The Senses of Hearing, Touch and Taste".

Featured Neuroscience

·September 1, 2016·2 min read

The Brain Perceives Taste With All Senses

Researchers report the gustatory cortex relies on all the senses to anticipate taste.

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·July 29, 2016·4 min read

Music Makes Beer Taste Better

According to researchers, music can influence how much you enjoy the taste of a beer.

Featured Genetics

·May 26, 2016·3 min read

Sensory Neurons Modulate Aging Hormone

A new study suggests the taste or smell of food acts on sensory neurons, which could produce a type of aging hormone.

Featured Psychology

·May 16, 2016·3 min read

How Obese and Anorexic People React Differently to Taste

According to researchers, women who are obese and those suffering from anorexia respond differently to taste than those without an eating disorder.

Featured Neuroscience

·May 10, 2016·6 min read

Digesting Sweet Tastes

Researchers believe the gut enzymes in sweet taste cells could help develop better tasting sweeteners.

Image shows part of the reproductive system with the uterus of the female fly.

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·May 9, 2016·4 min read

Pregnancy Changes Perception of Tastes and Odors

A new study reports pregnant flies favor nutrition that is rich in polyamines and increase their reproductive success in this way.

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·February 22, 2016·3 min read

Taste Sensors in Fly Legs Control Feeding

Researchers report taste information received from different parts of a fly's body is processed differently in the brain.The findings suggest different taste organs could have different functions.

Image shows concentric rings in a fruit fly larva’s antenna.

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·February 6, 2016·4 min read

Same Switches Program Taste and Smell in Fruit Flies

Researchers have identified a set of genetic control switches that interact early in a fly's development to generate dozens of types of olfactory neurons.