Touch and taste in the mouth: presence and character of sapid solutions.
Complex dynamic properties of a bolus in the mouth are specified by touch. Cooperation between touch and taste may help to specify the character of the bolus. The role of touch in specifying the presence of the oral bolus, in contrast to it's characteristics, remains a theoretical and experimental challenge.
Weiffenbach
J M
JM
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.
D004193:Discrimination Learning / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008465:Mechanoreceptors / Q000502:physiology*; D009055:Mouth / Q000294:innervation*; D012996:Solutions; D013649:Taste / Q000502:physiology*; D013650:Taste Buds / Q000502:physiology*; D014110:Touch / Q000502:physiology*; D014276:Trigeminal Nerve / Q000502:physiology
D012996:Solutions