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Food for Thought
Ask 10 people how a certain food tastes and most likely, you will get 10 different answers. The science of taste is the focus of Linda Bartoshuk’s research, including how individuals vary in their genetic
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Miracle Fruit and Flavor: An Experiment Performed at APS 2010
The results are in! At Convention last year APS Past-President Linda Bartoshuk led a miracle fruit experiment with the audience during the Presidential Symposium in Boston, MA. Audience members tasted ‘miracle fruit,’ a freeze-dried West
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Miracle Fruit: The Results Are In!
Magical Miracle Fruit The Results Are In! At Convention last year APS Past-President Linda Bartoshuk led a miracle fruit experiment with the audience during the Presidential Symposium in Boston, MA. Audience members tasted ‘miracle fruit,’
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Taste buds are just one reason why we love some foods and hate others
The Washington Post: Black coffee. Hot peppers. Truffles. Oysters. The world is full of polarizing flavors and foods, beloved by many, despised by just as many. Why is that? Scientists have untangled some — but
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Eating something gross makes you more judgmental
MSNBC: Having a bad taste in your mouth from food or drink can lead you to making stronger and harsher judgments of other people and their behaviors, suggests new research. In the study, after participants
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Bitter Judgments
The Wall Street Journal: Downing a bitter drink makes people more likely to express moral disapproval, according to a new study. Researchers had 57 undergraduates rate their moral distaste for several arguably distasteful acts, including
