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
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Researchers have discovered a new way that taste cells detect sourness, a sensation that is linked to acidity.
Jan 5, 2016
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Ask even the youngest schoolchild how many senses we have and she'll tell you five—sight, sound, smell, taste and touch.
Oct 22, 2015
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Gratitude is universally considered a social good—the warm feeling that results from a kindness received.
Aug 19, 2015
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Move over sweet and salty: Researchers say we have a distinct and basic taste for fat, too.
Jul 24, 2015
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A new study from the Monell Center and collaborating institutions suggests that a single set of genes affects a person's perception of sweet taste, regardless of whether the sweetener is a natural sugar or a non-caloric sugar ...
Jul 16, 2015
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A team of University of Queensland researchers is investigating the surprising discovery that smell and taste receptors normally found in the nose and mouth can also be present on the human heart.
May 4, 2015
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There is conclusive evidence that there is a fat taste, according to Deakin University sensory science researchers.
Feb 9, 2015
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When you open the refrigerator for a late-night snack, are you more likely to grab a slice of chocolate cake or a bag of carrot sticks? Your ability to exercise self-control—i.e., to settle for the carrots—may depend ...
Dec 15, 2014
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Have you ever eaten something totally new and it made you sick? Don't give up; if you try the same food in a different place, your brain will be more "forgiving" of the new attempt. In a new study conducted by the Sagol Department ...
Sep 23, 2014
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