Technical Terms Gustatory cortex: The region in the brain, typically within the insular cortex, that is responsible for the processing and integration of taste information.

"Gustatory perception is a behavioral predictor for honey bee social behavior," said Wang. A honey bee's sensitivity to sugar predicts the food-choices and timing of foraging.

According to this theory, the gustatory cortex has "hot spots" of neurons whose activation leads to the perception of certain tastes.

According to this theory, the gustatory cortex has "hot spots" of neurons whose activation leads to the perception of certain tastes.

Neurons for Taste Loosely Distributed in Mouse Gustatory Cortex Neurological representations of different tastes—like those of different smells but unlike those of sight, hearing, and touch—do not ...

Professor Don Katz is an expert in behavioral neuroscience and studies gustatory perception in learning – a fancy way of explaining the phenomenon of what makes foods taste good or bad. Katz, who is ...

Humans have 25 different types of functional bitter taste receptors. These are found on our tongue, where they facilitate the taste perception of bitter tasting compounds. In addition, there are ...