Taste Perception

Sensory information from the taste receptors is transferred to:

• Tasting cortex of the parietal lobe

• The Gustatory cortex of the parietal lobe

• The Tasting cortex of the frontal lobe

• The Gustatory cortex of the Frontal lobe.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

• Taste buds are located on the tongue and in other parts of the mouth.

• We have about 10 000 taste buds in our mouths.

• We only taste four primary tastes.

• Taste receptor cells are renewed about once every 10 days.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

• Taste is referred to as the gustatory sense.

• Taste is referred to as the olfactory sense.

• There are five primary tastes.

• Taste buds are specialised to be more sensitive to one of the primary tastes.

Which of the following is correct?

• Each taste bud responds to all five primary tastes.

• There are about 10 000 taste receptor cells on each taste bud.

• Taste is a sensation that we need to learn.

• Newborn babies cannot distinguish different tastes.

The primary gustatory cortex is located:

• in the occipital lobe

• in the temporal lobe

• in the frontal lobe

• in the parietal lobe

The papillae are:

• The bumps on the tongue that contain the taste buds.

• The taste buds.

• Receptors which are found in the nose.

• Receptors in the back of the eye which detect light.

Taste perception processes begin when __________ energy is changed into _________ energy.

• chemical; electrochemical

• electromagnetic; electrochemical

• electromagnetic; chemical

• electrochemical; electromagnetic

Several senses are involved in our perception of

flavour; the two senses most involved are:

• taste and vision

• touch and taste

• taste and smell

• vision and smell

Which of the following can affect our perception

of flavour?

• the appearance of the food

• our prior experience of food

• our genetic makeup

• all answers are correct

Samson has found that he does not like olives because he doesn’t like the way they feel in his mouth. Samson doesn’t like the _________________ of the olive.

• smell

• flavour

• texture

• All of the above