This fish’s legs are made for walking — and tasting the sea floor www.nature.com/articles/d41...
The northern sea robin has taste buds on its feet that can sense buried prey.
Our sense of smell is not as bad as you may think! Did you know that humans can ‘follow their nose’, just like dogs can, e.g. to track their prey? www.nature.com/artic...www.gofundme.com/f/s....
Nature Neuroscience - Mechanisms of scent-tracking in humans
The burn you get from eating a spicy chili is the same mechanism that gives us the sense of heat from a hot stove. This is distinct from the pathway regulating taste, known as the trigeminal pathway. Not only does it respond to heat, but also to cold!
Did you know that flavor is not the same thing as taste? Flavor is the combination we experience from smell and taste, yet we commonly use taste interchangeably with flavor. psycnet.apa.org/full...www.gofundme.com/f/s....
The sense of smell is a very powerful trigger for memories. Just like Proust's madeleine, a familiar smell can take you back to childhood or remind you of a past love. Smell taps directly into the brain's memory centers and is the bearer of our most vivid recollections!
Did you know that expectation of how a food should taste influences what you think it tastes like? Our expectations, drawn from previous experiences, are very important in enhancing or diminishing how we perceive the foods and beverages we eat and drink.