Articles for tag: flavor perception, food science, Human Biology, sensory system, taste science

How Your Tongue Experiences Flavors

How Your Tongue Experiences Flavors

Jan Otte

Every time you take a bite of your favorite meal, an intricate symphony of sensations unfolds on your tongue. Your taste buds work like microscopic chemical detectors, transforming the molecules in your food into electrical signals that your brain interprets as distinct . The process seems simple on the surface, yet beneath lies a complex ...