Our sense of taste does not end in the mouth, either. There are extraoral receptors that, although they do not directly perceive flavors like the tongue, are also activated in one way or another ...

Her sense of taste—the taste buds on her tongue and their connections to the brain—seemed to be intact, but nothing tasted good anymore, because the connection between the odor receptors in ...

The tongue is covered in lots of little bumps. On the walls and grooves of these bumps are thousands of tiny taste buds, too small for the human eye to see. The buds sense the taste of everything ...

In 1901, Germain scientist David Hanig conducted research to better understand how the sense of taste works in humans.

New research suggests that losing your sense of taste, especially for salty and sour foods, could be linked to early death in ...

Too much plaque on your tongue can also alter your sense of taste since it could "cover-up" the tastebuds on your tongue. Is it better to brush or scrape your tongue? Brushing and scraping your ...

Has your sense of taste ever gone dull or disappeared after vaping? Vaper’s tongue could be to blame. The popularity of vaping has skyrocketed over the last couple of years, but still very ...

While vaping is thought to be a slightly less harmful option compared to traditional smoking, it still has its own slightly ...

While vapes may not contain some of the harmful chemicals that traditional cigarettes do, they can still have an impact on ...

A dentist has revealed a concerning side effect of using e-cigarettes, known as 'vaper's tongue', and how you can get rid of ...

A study led by Nikita Komarov and Simon Sprecher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, has discovered neurons in the fly larva mouth that allow the taste of food texture. Published in the ...