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The Taste of Typeface [PDF]

open access: yesi-Perception, 2015
Previous research has demonstrated that typefaces can convey meaning over-and-above the actual semantic content of whatever happens to be written. Here, we demonstrate for the first time that people match basic taste words (sweet, sour, salty, and bitter) to typefaces varying in their roundness versus angularity.
Spence, Charles   +3 more
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A Simple Taste Test for Clinical Assessment of Taste and Oral Somatosensory Function—The “Seven-iTT”

open access: yesLife, 2022
Taste dysfunctions may occur, for example, after viral infection, surgery, medications, or with age. In clinical practice, it is important to assess patients’ taste function with rapidity and reliability.
Mariano Mastinu   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Influence of Prebiotic Fructans on Retronasal Aroma from Elderly Individuals

open access: yesMolecules, 2021
This study investigates for the first time the role of fructans with prebiotic effects (oligofructose and inulin) on retronasal aroma among elderly individuals.
Carolina Muñoz-González   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Taste and Trust [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Although taste and trust are concepts on clearly distinct ontological levels, they are strongly interrelated in several contexts. For instance, when assessing trust, e.g. through a trust network, it is important to understand the role that personal taste plays in order to correctly interpret potential value dependent trust recommendations and ...
Audun Jøsang   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Indistinguishable odour enantiomers: Differences between peripheral and central-nervous electrophysiological responses

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
The ability of humans to discriminate enantiomeric odour pairs is substance –specific. Current literature suggests that psychophysical discrimination of odour enantiomers mainly depends on the peripheral processing at the level of the olfactory sensory ...
Sophia C. Poletti   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spices, Seasonings, and Flavors — Achieving the Desired Result

open access: yesMeat and Muscle Biology, 2022
Creating a meat entree that provides a pleasant gastronomic experience is a combination of art, science, and technology. Spices and flavorings are used to achieve that experience, each contributing to the overall taste that is often unique to the region ...
James W. Lamkey
doaj   +2 more sources

Food-Related Odors Activate Dopaminergic Brain Areas

open access: yesFrontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2017
Food-associated cues of different sensory categories have often been shown to be a potent elicitor of cerebral activity in brain reward circuits. Smells influence and modify the hedonic qualities of eating experience, and in contrast to smells not ...
Agnieszka Sorokowska   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ahnak is required to balance calcium ion homeostasis and smooth muscle development in the urinary system

open access: yesCell & Bioscience, 2023
Background Various renal abnormalities, including hydronephrosis, polycystic kidney disease, and hydroureter, have been reported, and these abnormalities are present in DiGeorge syndrome, renal dysplasia, and acute kidney failure.
Jong-Min Lee   +5 more
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Management of subjects with Intermittent Explosive Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder with Lumateperone

open access: yesEuropean Psychiatry, 2023
Introduction Use of lumateperone in reduction of aggression in patients with both autism spectrum disorder and intermittent explosive disorder has not heretofore been described.
N. Mehdiratta   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Taste of Music

open access: yesPerception, 2011
Zarlino, one of the most important music theorists of the XVI century, described the minor consonances as ‘sweet’ (dolci) and ‘soft’ (soavi) (Zarlino 1558/1983, in On the Modes New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1983). Hector Berlioz, in his Treatise on Modern Instrumentation and Orchestration (London: Novello, 1855), speaks about the ‘small acid ...
Mesz, Bruno   +2 more
openaire   +3 more sources

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