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People deceive their taste buds every day — a dash of Sweet'N Low in the coffee, perhaps, a diet soda or a stick of sugarless gum.
Hänig, David P. 1901. Zur Psychophysik des Geschmackssinnes. Philosophische Studien 17: 576-623
Remember the tongue map you learned about in junior high—the one showing taste receptors for sweet flavors on the tip of the tongue, bitter in the back, and sour on the sides? It’s totally wrong.
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