Book chapter
Sense of Taste (Effect on Behavior)
Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, pp 373-378
2012
Abstract
Taste, also known as gustation, is one of the five traditional senses and is a chemical sense by which the qualities and flavor of a substance are distinguished by the taste buds. Taste stimuli are detected by taste receptors, which are located on the tongue, mouth, and pharynx. In humans, five taste qualities have been identified, including sweet, salty, sour, bitter, and umami. Taste is different from flavor, which includes the olfactory, tactile, and thermal attributes of food in addition to taste.
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Details
- Title
- Sense of Taste (Effect on Behavior)
- Creators
- B.P. Daly - Drexel UniversityM.P. DalyN. MinnitiJ.M. Daly
- Publication Details
- Encyclopedia of Human Behavior, pp 373-378
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences (Psychology)
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85040941566
- Other Identifier
- 991019173767604721