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What does this tell us about Sensation & Perception?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/apr/14/expensive-wine-cheap-plonk-taste

"Researchers at Deakin University, working with colleagues at the University of Adelaide among others, found that fat was the sixth taste people can identify in addition to the five others -- sweet, sour, salty, bitter and protein-rich."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100310/lf_nm_life/us_fat_taste_1

Cancer surgery has left Roger Ebert without the ability to speak or eat food. This video talks about how Rogers has dreams of talking and eating. Towards the end, the video discusses how researchers are reconstructing a computerized voice for Roger based on archived recordings of his actual voice.

What do we know about the physics of hot sauce? What makes it hot? Why do people eat it? How does it interact with the tounge? This site doesn't answer these questions , however itis a good starting point. In fact you might try one of the recipes and do a bit of introspection of your own...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/25/amazing-hot-sauce-recipes_n_428621.html

Snacks, Overeating, and Sensory Science

Got a weakness for chocolate chip cookies? Kettle chips? Pizza? Ira talks with former FDA commissioner David Kessler about how tasty foods change your brain, and how the food industry designs the fat, salt, and sugar-laden snacks you crave. Kessler, the former head of the FDA during the Bush and Clinton administrations, is the author of the new book "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite." Is overeating a lack of willpower, or a disease?

http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200907106

(there is a little slide bar on the upper left that you need to click on)

Grant Achatz, of Chicago's famed Alinea restaurant, shares some secrets of awaking the emotions with his holiday cooking.

Discuss how they incorporate smells to enhance the diner's expereience

http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/www_publicradio/tools/media_player/popup.php?name=splendid_table/2009/12/25/splendidtable_20091225_64&starttime=00:14:18&endtime=00:24:10

Hear other stories from the Splendid Table @ http://splendidtable.publicradio.org/

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• How common are taste disorders?
• How does our sense of taste work?
• What are the taste disorders?
• What causes taste disorders?
• How are taste disorders diagnosed?
• Are taste disorders serious?
• Can taste disorders be treated?
• What research is being done?
• Where can I find more information?

Age related taste problems:

http://www.pakmed.net/academic/zent/smell/smell010e.htm