Comments on: The myth of the tongue map http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/07/the-myth-of-the-tongue-map/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Fri, 17 May 2013 22:36:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Shell http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/07/the-myth-of-the-tongue-map/#comment-16626 Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:59:51 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=16705#comment-16626 Not just 5 primary tastes, butm 6 or even 7.

@Clay – I don’t know about your ‘protein’ taste, but in this article we explore the possibility of ‘fat’ and ‘calcium’

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v468/n7327_supp/full/468S18a.html

(In the interests of full disclosure, I was the associate editor for this supplement!)

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]]> By: Katyusha http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/07/the-myth-of-the-tongue-map/#comment-16345 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:31:36 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=16705#comment-16345 Thank you for referencing XKCD. That made my day. :)

]]> By: cavall de quer http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/07/the-myth-of-the-tongue-map/#comment-16339 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:44:17 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=16705#comment-16339 I found the “vikings didn’t have horns on their helmets” to be particularly disappointing…it’s a great page.

]]> By: Clay http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/07/the-myth-of-the-tongue-map/#comment-16338 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 08:39:06 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=16705#comment-16338 There is some evidence that there is a 6th primary taste, protein.

]]> By: Vinnie http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/07/the-myth-of-the-tongue-map/#comment-16330 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 04:01:42 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=16705#comment-16330 Did you also learn about that Wikipedia page from the xkcd comic last night? It looks like the attention brought some visitors in the last day because I’m pretty sure there are a handful of entries that weren’t there last night. I think my favorite has to be the “fan death” one. New to me and utterly bizarre.

]]> By: Steve Peterson http://mindhacks.com/2011/01/07/the-myth-of-the-tongue-map/#comment-16329 Fri, 07 Jan 2011 03:58:58 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=16705#comment-16329 I see somebody else reads XKCD too : )

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