ArticlePsychophysiology2012
Exposure to acute stress is associated with attenuated sweet taste.
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- Tea-induced calmness: Sugar-sweetened tea calms consumers exposed to acute stressor.Scientific reports · 2016Trial
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- Development of the Yale pain stress test to elicit a multi-level stress response and assess stress adaptability.Psychopharmacology · 2026Article
- Bed nucleus of the stria terminalis connectivity during food cue and taste processing under stress.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Assessing Autonomic Regulation Under Stress with the Yale Pain Stress Test in Social Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorder.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The threat of COVID-19 will influence consumers' taste compensation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Gender Moderates the Associations Between Responsiveness to Alarming Oral Sensations, Depressive Symptoms, and Dietary Habits in Adolescents.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Acute and chronic alcohol modulation of extended amygdala calcium dynamics.Alcohol (Fayetteville, N.Y.) · 2024Article
- Chronic social defeat stress broadly inhibits gene expression in the peripheral taste system and alters taste responses in mice.Physiology & behavior · 2024Article
- Discrimination exposure impacts unhealthy processing of food cues: crosstalk between the brain and gut.Nature. Mental health · 2023Article
- Sodium Intake and Disease: Another Relationship to Consider.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Liking of salt is associated with depression, anxiety, and stress.Chemical senses · 2023Article
- Fatigue, Stress, and Functional Status are Associated With Taste Changes in Oncology Patients Receiving Chemotherapy.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2021Article
- Parosmia, Dysgeusia, and Tongue Features Changes in a Patient with Post-Acute COVID-19 Syndrome.Case reports in dentistry · 2021Article
- Mental stress and physical activity interact with the genetic risk scores of the genetic variants related to sweetness preference in high sucrose-containing food and glucose tolerance.Food science & nutrition · 2020Article
- Mechanism of Cross-modal Information Influencing Taste.Current medical science · 2020Review
- Buprenorphine prevents stress-induced blunting of nucleus accumbens dopamine response and approach behavior to food reward in mice.Neurobiology of stress · 2019Article
- Association between taste perception, nutrient intake, and mental health in young Japanese women.Nutrition research and practice · 2019Article
- A pilot study of the relationship between diet and mental health in female university students enrolled in a training course for registered dietitians.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2016Article
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Abstract
This study examined the effects of stress on taste perception. Participants (N = 38; 21 women) completed two laboratory sessions: one stress (public speaking, math, and cold pressor) and one control rest session. The taste perception test was conducted at the end of each session and included rating the intensity and pleasantness of sweet, salty, sour, and savory solutions at suprathreshold concentrations. Cardiovascular, hormonal, and mood measures were collected throughout the sessions. Participants showed the expected changes in cardiovascular, hormonal, and mood measures in response to stress. Reported intensity of the sweet solution was significantly lower on the stress day than on the rest day. Cortisol level poststress predicted reduced intensity of salt and sour, suggesting that stress-related changes in adrenocortical activity were related to reduced taste intensity. Results indicate that acute stress may alter taste perception, and ongoing research investigates the extent to which these changes mediate effects of stress on appetite.
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