date:Jun 02, 2012
n confusion for centuries about exactly how our senses of taste and smell work. Were finally starting to work this out,said Lim, who noted that there are actually several senses that relate to the perceived flavour of a food.
These include taste, which resides solely in the tongue; smell, which is exclusively in the nose; and somesthesis, which includes things like touch, temperature, and the burn of hot peppers.
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In the new study, Lim and her colleagues reveal that when odour an