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The UK's 'taste dialects' defined for the first time

Other Sciences / Other

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Where we are born not only determines how we speak but also how we taste our food and drink.





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Red pandas reveal an unexpected (artificial) sweet tooth

Biology / Other

created Apr 15, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Researchers from the Monell Center report that the red panda is the first non-primate mammal to display a liking for the artificial sweetener aspartame. This unexpected affinity for an artificial sweetener may reflect structural ...


More than meets the tongue

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created Feb 12, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Does orange juice taste sweeter if it's a brighter orange? A new study in the March issue of the Journal of Consumer Research finds that the color of a drink can influence how we think it tastes. In fact, the researchers found ...


Taste sensation: Ads work better if all senses are involved

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Corporations spend billions of dollars each year on food advertising. For example, Kraft Foods, PepsiCo, and McDonald's each spent more than $1 billion in advertising in 2007. A new study in the Journal of Consumer Research sugges ...


Liking sweets makes sense for kids

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

As any parent knows, children love sweet-tasting foods. Now, new research from the University of Washington and the Monell Center indicates that this heightened liking for sweetness has a biological basis and is related ...


A matter of taste: Food ads work better if all senses are involved

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Do potato chips taste better if an advertisement describes their crunchy sound? Is popcorn more flavorful if its buttery aroma is also depicted in an ad? Researchers at the University of Michigan say yes.


Smokers' tongues fail taste test

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created Aug 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smokers have fewer and flatter taste buds. A study of the tongues of 62 Greek soldiers, published in the open access journal BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, has demonstrated how cigarettes deaden the ability to taste. ...


Fruit Fly

Like sweets? You're more like a fruit fly than you think

Biology /

created Mar 17, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

According to researchers at the Monell Center, fruit flies are more like humans in their responses to many sweet tastes than are almost any other species.


Why do we prefer some foods over others?

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 25, 2007 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 0

When your stomach grumbles at lunchtime, and it's your turn at the deli counter, what will it be? Wheat bread or rye bread? Turkey or pastrami? Mayonnaise or mustard? Hold the pickle!


Childhood ear infections may predispose to obesity later in life

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Researchers are reporting new evidence of a possible link between a history of moderate to severe middle ear infections in childhood and a tendency to be overweight later in life. Their study suggests that prompt diagnosis ...


Calcium Receptor

That tastes -- sweet? Sour? No, it's definitely calcium!

Chemistry /

created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 0

Chemists in Philadelphia are reporting a discovery that could expand the palate of human tastes — sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and savory — to include a new taste sensation that they term "calcium."



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