The gustatory cortex is the region of the brain that perceives and interprets various tastes beyond what can be sensed by taste receptors, which primarily categorize foods via the five broad ...

The researchers conducted neuroimaging studies that identified previously unknown brain mechanisms of visual-gustatory sensory interactions involved with food enjoyment. Taken together, the study ...

In a new study, researchers found that semaglutide helps improve taste sensitivity in women with obesity. Participants also experienced a change in the brain's response to sweet tastes.

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.

A persistent and unpleasant taste – like metal, rust, or blood in your mouth. No amount of rinsing can get rid of it. That is the unsettling and eerie sensation that people with gustatory ...

The present study investigates the role of virtual contextual information, including affective information, in gustatory perception of crisps (fried potato chips). In a first preliminary experiment, ...