When we are constantly and simultaneously bombarded with various types of sensory inputs, which brain mechanisms allow us to deal with the world in a meaningful manner? The problem of multisensory ...

The gustatory system enables animals to detect and discriminate among foods, to select nutritious diets, and to initiate, sustain and terminate ingestion for the purpose of maintaining energy balance.

The pleasure of eating begins in the mouth, albeit extends far beyond it. The sensation that we know as taste involves an intricate system of nerves that relay information from the tongue’s taste buds ...

A report shared by TechXplore tells us that this new frontier in AI, called "gustatory emotional intelligence," aims to bridge the gap between our physical needs and psychological desires, potentially ...

Can artificial intelligence (AI) get hungry? Develop a taste for certain foods? Not yet, but a team of researchers is developing a novel electronic tongue that mimics how taste influences what we eat ...

Have you ever thought about how your food preferences came to be? Food preferences arise as a consequence of experience with food and shape eating habits and cultural identity, as Jean-Anthelme ...