To demonstrate the way that our senses of touch and smell combine with taste, conduct this activity. Before class, cut each fruit or vegetable into small cubes (approximately one centimeter in width).

Taste is much more complex than the experience of basic flavours on the tongue – it also encompasses our other senses to a larger degree than most people realise, according to Professor Charles Spence ...

In this third article in our series on the senses, we explore the interrelated senses of smell (olfaction) and taste (gustation). This is a Self-assessment article and comes with a self-assessment ...

Our senses of smell and taste are intimately entwined. Conceptually, smells enhance or dampen tastes sensed by our tongues. Physically, our mouths and nasal cavities are connected so that our noses ...