Origins of the taste map. That familiar but not-quite-right map has its roots in a 1901 paper, Zur Psychophysik des Geschmackssinnes, by German scientist David P Hänig. Hänig set out to measure ...

Taste receptors for salty, sweet, bitter and sour are found all over the tongue. Tongue via www.shutterstock.com Everybody has seen the tongue map – that little diagram of the tongue with ...

The taste bud diagram, used in many textbooks over the years, originated in a 1901 study but was actually showing the sensitivity of different areas of the tongue.

While the tongue was previously thought to have different areas that pick up more strongly on different tastes — sweet, sour, salty, bitter — it’s merely a myth.

Change or loss of taste. Ulcers . Plaque-like smooth areas signifying loss of the papillae or taste buds (for the unfamiliar, ...

Scientists have created an electronic "tongue" they say uses AI to differentiate between the sodas Coke and Pepsi — with the potential to detect the chemical makeup of and the differences ...

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.

Semaglutide changes the taste sensitivity, the taste perception, and the brain’s response to sweet tastes in women with obesity, new research presented Saturday finds.