Brain Byte

Taste

  • Published29 Jan 2020
  • Author Calli McMurray
  • Source BrainFacts/SfN

Our sense of taste works hand-in-hand with our sense of smell to perceive the flavor of everything we eat.

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Image from Ma L., et al. The Journal of Neuroscience, 2009.

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