PSYC 225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Body Odor, Jelly Bean, Candy Cane
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Lab 10: taste and smell: taste maps. People used to think that you could only taste certain things on certain parts of (cid:455)our to(cid:374)gue. Front: something sweet (5), not really (4), sour (3), salty (2), bitter (1) Back: not really (5), not really (4), sour (3), salty (2), bitter (1) Sides: a little (5), strong (4), sour (3), little salty (2), little bitter (1) Mint: then, eat the other half of the jelly bean with your eyes and nose open. Mint: which half of the jelly bean was easier to identify. It was easier to distinguish the taste when my nose was open, because that allowed air to move through my nasal cavity and through the retronasal route to stimulate my taste buds and olfactory mucosa. Lab 10: taste and smell: top-down influences on the chemical senses, explain one specific example of how taste can be influenced by top-down processing.
