But eating them alters the way our taste buds work, turning sour or acidic flavors into a sweet sensation — although the taste-changing effect lasts only about 30–60 minutes. Berries in ...

That's right, folks, while the tongue's taste buds are responsible for detecting basic tastes (salty, bitter, sour, sweet, and savory), it's the nose that detects the specific flavors of foods ...

Each of the basic tastes, she explained, is perceived by taste buds in a unique region on the tongue: sweet at the tip, salty and sour at the sides, bitter at the back. She gave the girls Q-tips ...

And each taste bud contains tiny little hairs called microvilli. When food touches them, they send messages to the brain about how something tastes. You know, like sweet, salty, sour, or bitter.

As people get older they usually like bitter tastes more. This is because they need stronger flavours as their taste buds grow weaker. The sour receptors on our tongue help us to tell how much ...

Having more taste buds means super-tasters are sensitive to a chemical called ‘6-n-propylthiouracil’ (PROP), which is bitter and causes us to find foods off-putting. The rest of us (said to be ...