ReviewCurrent research in food science2022
The tongue map and the spatial modulation of taste perception.
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- Optical Coherence Tomography Assessment of Tongue Papillary Atrophy and Patient-Reported Impact on Taste Following Head and Neck Cancer Therapy.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Gene variants in the pheromone vomeronasal receptors and QTLs around behavioral and fat metabolism genes associated with altered feed efficiency in cattle.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Taste aversion as an under-recognized determinant of bowel preparation quality.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Sustainable taste: a conceptual integration of sensory, sociocultural, and structural dimensions for interdisciplinary research and practice.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Exploring neurogastronomy: an analysis using the word association test and free word association.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Long-term culture and morphological maturation of taste organoids enhance taste discrimination in a biomimetic biosensor.Microsystems & nanoengineering · 2025Article
- Variations in basic taste perception and body mass index.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2025Article
- Cerebellar control of targeted tongue movements.The Journal of physiology · 2025Article
- Perceptual Dysfunction in Eating Disorders.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2025Review
- Determination of objective taste perception among Iranian medical sciences students during COVID‑19 pandemic in Yazd, Eastern Iran: a case-control pilot study.BMC infectious diseases · 2024Article
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- Behavioural Nudges, Physico-Chemical Solutions, and Sensory Strategies to Reduce People's Salt Consumption.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Altered taste perception in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A case-control study on taste thresholds and glycemic control.Journal of oral biology and craniofacial researchArticle
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Abstract
There is undoubtedly a spatial component to our experience of gustatory stimulus qualities such as sweet, bitter, salty, sour, and umami, however its importance is currently unknown. Taste thresholds have been shown to differ at different locations within the oral cavity where gustatory receptors are found. However, the relationship between the stimulation of particular taste receptors and the subjective spatially-localized experience of taste qualities is uncertain. Although the existence of the so-called 'tongue map' has long been discredited, the psychophysical evidence clearly demonstrates significant (albeit small) differences in taste sensitivity across the tongue, soft palate, and pharynx (all sites where taste buds have been documented). Biases in the perceived localization of gustatory stimuli have also been reported, often resulting from tactile capture (i.e., a form of crossmodal, or multisensory, interaction). At the same time, varying responses to supratheshold tastants along the tongue's anterior-posterior axis have putatively been linked to the ingestion-ejection response. This narrative review highlights what is currently known concerning the spatial aspects of gustatory perception, considers how such findings might be explained, given the suggested balanced distribution of taste receptors for each basic taste quality where taste papillae are present, and suggests why knowing about such differences may be important.
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