Taste

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Image of a cartoon character jumping in the air with fire coming out of its mouth after eating a spicy food.
The Science of Spiciness
When you take a bite of a hot pepper, your body reacts as if your mouth is on fire -- because that's essentially what you've told your brain!
  • TED
  • 4 min.
Your selections: Taste
Do Different Parts of the Tongue Taste Different Things?
The popular tongue map showing specific areas for each taste is wrong.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Colliding Senses: Life With Synesthesia
Hearing words that evoke visions of color or seeing letters that have gender are just a few examples of experiencing synesthesia. Jessica Johnson investigates this tangling of the senses.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
The Senses: How We Experience the World PowerPoint Presentation
Our senses do more than tell us when something smells sweet, or feels soft — they help us interpret our environment. This presentation will help you teach students how the brain processes our senses.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Senses and Sensibility: A Webinar
Have you ever wondered how you can catch a ball, see the color blue, taste chocolate, smell bad breath, or hear a bird song? Learn more in this Brain Awareness Week webinar.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
  • 53 min
Senses and Perception Race
Your students will see the finish line and taste the glory as they race the clock and each other in this interactive relay game.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
The Science of Spiciness
When you take a bite of a hot pepper, your body reacts as if your mouth is on fire -- because that's essentially what you've told your brain!
  • TED
  • 4 min
Is Less More?: The Dendrite Story
Getting rid of unneeded synapses is a key part of brain development.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
  • 1 min
Roundup: Senses and Perception
How much do you know about how your senses work?
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Hearing Red, Tasting Blue: When the Senses Mix
Learn about the neuroscience behind synesthesia in this video which won first place in the 2016 Brain Awareness Video Contest.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
  • 5 min
Roundup: Nervous System Activities
From building a spinal cord to discerning the flavor of a jelly bean, the five activities and crafts presented here will help your students understand how the human nervous system works.
  • BrainFacts/SfN
Why Does Food Make Your Mouth Water?
You’re sitting in your favorite restaurant when a waiter walks by with a hot plate of your favorite food, and your mouth starts to water. But why?
  • American Chemical Society
  • 3 min
The Taste of Thanksgiving
The side effects of acetazolamide can disrupt the sense of taste in a very specific way.

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