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Your hypothesis -- that people have preconceived ideas about how food should look, and how it should taste -- has been investigated in a field of study called "taste psychophysics." Psychophysics is a cool branch of neuroscience that deals with people's perceptions.
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www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2001-02/981336776.Ns.r.ht...
www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2001-02/981336776.Ns.r.html
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You were right to guess that sight affects taste. We all have some experience with this in our daily lives. When you eat something that looks "funny", you're likely to think that it tastes funny, too. Once when I was a kid I ate way too many Pez candies and I became quite ill.
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www.madsci.org/posts/archives/nov2001/1006904357.Gb.r.h...
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Yes! Sight most definately affects your taste. When you SEE a food or drink, psychologically you expect a certain kind of taste. Example: A person sees a cup of black liquid. They assume it's Pepsi (or Coke) and take a sip out of it. Then t...
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20081004103...
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Does Sight Affect Taste? ... Our project was about sight and taste. (Does sight affect taste?) We wanted to see if sight affected taste in any way. So, we did an experiment. ... We think that sight does affect taste somehow. For example if you look at a food you don't our might not like and it doesn't look appealing,
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www.wsd1.org/GeneralWolfe/sciencefairprojects/S1-4/kbah...
www.wsd1.org/GeneralWolfe/sciencefairprojects/S1-4/kbahdr.htm
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Sight, sound, smell affect way we taste ; By ALLISON ASKINS ; The Carolina Kitchen ; When chef and caterer Sheila Veach talks to her students about flavor, she reminds them that the sensation of taste begins early ...
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www.food-lists.com/lists/archives/clipping-cooking/2003...
www.food-lists.com/lists/archives/clipping-cooking/2003/10/1066112193.php
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c. The relevance of this information is to see how various health issues affect one’s sense of taste. ... This article discusses a variety of experiments that can be developed to see how certain tastes are affected by different circumstances in different individuals. It deals with taste being affected by salvia, scent, sight,
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jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/nsfall99/proposalarticles/tast...
jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/nsfall99/proposalarticles/tastebudstaste.html
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The investigation of the Taste Bud this articel discusses a variety of experiments that can be developed to see how certain tastes are affected by different circumstances in different individuals. It deals with taste being affected by saliva, scent, sight and different areas of the tongue.
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jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/nsfall99/FinalArticles/finalre...
jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/nsfall99/FinalArticles/finalreportontaste.html
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Does the COLOR of Foods and Drinks; Affect The Sense of Taste? ... So, color may influence the taste of food. Why is this important? These experiments are important to scientists who are studying how vision interacts with taste and odor. It is apparent that color can affect the perception of foods and drinks.
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faculty.washington.edu/chudler/coltaste.html
faculty.washington.edu/chudler/coltaste.html
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Sight doesn't affect how your taste buds work, but it DOES change how the brain perceives flavor. The brain registers whatever food you see (for example a pie) and your taste buds are instantly caused to taste "sweet" more than ot...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_sight_affect_your_ta...
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