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submitted 4 months ago by Bebo@literature.cafe to c/science@lemmy.world

The perception of taste is remarkably complex, not only on the tongue but in organs throughout the body.

The idea that specific tastes are confined to certain areas of the tongue is a myth that “persists in the collective consciousness despite decades of research debunking it.” Also wrong: the notion that taste is limited to the mouth.

https://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMra2304578

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[-] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 28 points 4 months ago

Extremely obvious for anyone who actually questioned this myth. But there were few who did.

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