Psychology & Psychiatry
Feelings of gratitude increase the consumption of sweets
Gratitude is universally considered a social good—the warm feeling that results from a kindness received.
Aug 19, 2015
0
176
News tagged with sweet taste
Health
Over consumption of sugary drinks dulls taste buds
(Medical Xpress) -- A study into taste preference suggests children who are thirsty should be encouraged to drink water.
Jun 9, 2011
0
0
.jpg)
Neuroscience
Stress hormone receptors localized in sweet taste cells
According to new research from the Monell Center, receptors for stress-activated hormones have been localized in oral taste cells responsible for detection of sweet, umami, and bitter. The findings suggest that these hormones, ...
Jun 3, 2014
1
0
Health
Study shows cigarillo flavors enhanced by high-intensity sweeteners
In a new study, Yale researchers found that popular brands of cigarillos are flavored with high-intensity sweeteners, potentially reducing the aversive sensation of smoking and making cigarillos more palatable. The concern ...
Oct 3, 2018
0
7
Neuroscience
Team deciphers sugar's siren song
Sugar's sweetness and calorie content combine to give it lethal power to destroy diets, many scientists have assumed. However, new study by Yale University researchers says the brain responds to taste and calorie counts in ...
Jan 25, 2016
0
53
Other
That neat and tidy map of tastes on the tongue you learned in school is all wrong
Everybody has seen the tongue map – that little diagram of the tongue with different sections neatly cordoned off for different taste receptors. Sweet in the front, salty and sour on the sides and bitter at the back.
Jul 7, 2015
0
40
Health
Artificial sweeteners trick the brain: study
(HealthDay)—New research may help explain the reported link between the use of artificial sweeteners and diabetes, scientists say.
Aug 10, 2017
0
25
Medical research
Scientists turn tastes on and off by activating and silencing clusters of brain cells
Most people probably think that we perceive the five basic tastes—sweet, sour, salty, bitter and umami (savory)—with our tongue, which then sends signals to our brain "telling" us what we've tasted. However, scientists ...
Nov 18, 2015
0
116
Neuroscience
Gut enzymes in sweet taste cells may point way to better-tasting non-caloric sweeteners
According to new research from the Monell Center and collaborating institutions, the sweet taste cells that respond to sugars and sweeteners on the tongue also contain digestive enzymes capable of converting sucrose (table ...
May 9, 2016
0
51
Psychology & Psychiatry
Research shows noisy environments influence taste perception
Airline passengers who eat meals vary in their ability to taste sweet, sour, bitter and salty flavors. In studying how airplane noise affects the palate, Cornell food scientists have found sweetness suppressed and a tasty, ...
May 13, 2015
0
40
