Q & A: No Clear-Cut Taste Map of the Tongue

Monday, March 19, 2012 - 15:30 in Earth & Climate

A long-circulating map of four regions of the tongue doesn’t reflect a fifth flavor — umami — or that taste buds have different degrees of sensitivity to more than one flavor.

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