Both perceptual and conceptual factors influence taste-odor and taste-taste interactions

Predicting Taste and Odor Events in Kansas

Odor-taste learning assays in Drosophila larvae.

The Drosophila larva is an emerging model for studies in behavioral neurogenetics because of its simplicity in terms of cell number. Despite this simplicity, basic features of neuronal organization and key behavior faculties are shared with adult flies and with mammals. Here, we describe a pavlovian-type learning assay in fruit fly larvae. A group of larvae is sequentially exposed to specific o...

Binary Bitter-Compound Taste Interactions

The aim of this study was to determine if taste interactions occur when bitter stimuli are mixed. Eight bitter stimuli were employed: Denatonium benzoate (DB), (L-phe), Ranitidine-HCl, and Tetralone®. The first experiment constructed individual psychophysical curves for each subject (n=19) for each compound to account for individual differences in sensitivities when presenting bitter compounds ...

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON OLFACTION AND TASTE Perceptual and Neural Pliability of Odor Objects

A key function of the sense of smell is to guide organisms towards rewards and away from dangers. However, because relatively few volatile chemicals in the environment carry intrinsic biological value, the meaning of an odor often needs to be acquired through learning and experience. The tremendous perceptual and neural plasticity of the olfactory system provides a design that is ideal for the ...

A Matter of Taste : Understanding Taste

Presenter Disclosures for Betsy Reynolds, RDH, MS Acts as a Key Opinion Leader for Philips/Discus  In that capacity, she receives educational grant funding for presentation development  She is not an employee of either company and has no vested interest in sales of any product manufactured or distributed by Philips/Discus Ms. Reynolds has received financial reimbursement from Parkell for auth...