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The Sweet Spot: Taste Center in Brain Located

March 15, 2019

Researchers located the taste center using functional magnetic resonance imagingand a new method of statistical analysis...

How the Brain Distinguishes Textures—from Sandpaper to Silk

February 20, 2019

Researchers discover the rich neural activity behind the sensation of touch

Why We Shouldn't Like Coffee, But We Do

November 20, 2018

Weirdly, people with a higher sensitivity to bitter caffeine taste drink more coffee

Just How Blind Are Bats? Color Vision Gene Study Examines Key Sensory Tradeoffs

October 17, 2018

A new study has examined this question in the evolution of color vision genes across a large and diverse group of bat sp...

Eating with Your Eyes: Virtual Reality Can Alter Taste

October 16, 2018

Virtual reality shows how people's perception of real food can be altered by their surroundings

Spontaneous Fluctuations of Brain Activity Influence What You See

June 18, 2018

Researchers have found that the state of excitability of the brain—indexed byspontaneous neural oscillations&mdash...

Distracted People Can Be 'Smell Blind'

June 7, 2018

Those busily engaged in tasks may not notice new smells, according to a new University of Sussex study

Even a Shark's Electrical 'Sixth Sense' May Be Tuned to Attack

May 31, 2018

NIH-funded study illustrates how evolution may shape the senses

Are Humans "Smeller Underachievers?" Not So Fast…

February 27, 2018

A growing number of scientists are advancing the argument that smell has a powerful influence on emotions and behavior

All That and a Bag of Jellyfish Chips?

February 20, 2018

Danish researchers developed a new method to rapidly transform the soft umbrella-shaped jellyfish body into a crunchy treat...

Scientists Make Cells That Enable the Sense of Touch

January 15, 2018

Researchers are the first to create sensory interneurons from stem cells

How the Tongue Keeps Its Tastes Straight

August 11, 2017

Signals sent by tongue’s taste cells prevent the brain from confusing bitter and sweet

A Taste Cell Encyclopedia

August 10, 2017

Single cell RNA-seq will provide key insight on how different types of taste cells function

Magic Helps Unmask How the Brain Works

August 3, 2017

New illusion allows UD researchers to tap into brain’s ‘out-of-the box’ thinking

Bitter or Sweet? How Taste Cells Decide What They Want to Be

June 22, 2017

New study provides insight into the genes and molecules that shape taste cell development

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