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Science 14 January 1972:
Vol. 175. no. 4018, pp. 214 - 216
DOI: 10.1126/science.175.4018.214
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Human Taste Papilla Stimulation: Stability of Quality Judgments over Time

N. B. McCutcheon 1 and J. Saunders 1

1 Psychology Department, State University of New York, Albany 12203

Human taste papillae are sensitive to two or more chemical stimuli. Individual papillae produce stable response patterns (quality and intensity) over a month's time. Hence, the response pattern does not appear to be affected by turnover of receptor cells.


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