For years, we were taught that the different taste receptors clump together in zones on our tongues. But it turns out that’s not quite the truth… You probably remember the diagram from school ...

A sore throat, loss of taste, and a burning tongue are telltale signs something is wrong. But the culprit might surprise you.

Origins of the taste map. That familiar but not-quite-right map has its roots in a 1901 paper, Zur Psychophysik des Geschmackssinnes, by German scientist David P Hänig. Hänig set out to measure ...

As with taste perception via the tongue, we’re still at quite an early stage in our understanding of how the brain combines different chemical signals into what we experience as flavors.

Such taste receptors aren’t limited to the tongue; they are also found in the gastrointestinal tract, liver, pancreas, fat cells, brain, muscle cells, thyroid and lungs.

Tour the Tongue. By David Levin; Posted 06.01.09; NOVA scienceNOW; How does our sense of taste work, and why did it evolve? What are taste buds, and how do they register the five basic sensations ...

You might think you already know what the world's tallest mountain is, or how many 'taste zones' the tongue has, of what colours (or lack thereof) dogs can see. You may have been taught some of ...

The tongue has distinct taste zones: The tongue map, showing specific areas for each taste, is a myth. All tastes can be detected across all parts of the tongue. Humans only use 10% of their brain ...

Back in ancient times, philosophers like Aristotle were already speculating about the origins of taste, and how the tongue sensed elemental tastes like sweet, bitter, salty and sour. "What we ...

Taste receptors for salty, sweet, bitter and sour are found all over the tongue. Tongue via www.shutterstock.com Everybody has seen the tongue map – that little diagram of the tongue with ...

You might think you already know what the world's tallest mountain is, or how many 'taste zones' the tongue has, of what colours (or lack thereof) dogs can see. You may have been taught some of ...