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Science 28 January 1983:
Vol. 219. no. 4583, pp. 412 - 414
DOI: 10.1126/science.6849142
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Science, Vol 219, Issue 4583, 412-414
Copyright © 1983 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Taste flashes: reaction times, intensity, and quality

ST Kelling and BP Halpern

Human simple reaction times and magnitude estimates of taste intensity increased as the duration of 500-millimolar sodium chloride or 2-millimolar saccharin sodium pulses lengthened from 100 to 1000 milliseconds. Responses to "What was the taste?" ranged from 94 to 100 percent "sweet" for saccharin and 68 to 83 percent "salty" for salt across all pulse durations when both substances were randomized with water pulses.


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