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Sense of Taste

Quasmo

Quasmo

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Have you ever heard of someone being born without the sense of taste. People can go blind, deaf, lose the sense of touch from nerve damage (or Lepracy), but have you ever heard of some one not being able to taste?
 
Yes.

EDIT: Read something about it in my psychology class.

It might be in my text book, I can look it up if you're interested.
 
Only thing I found in a quick search.

What can cause problems with my ability to smell or taste?

Nose or sinus problems might make you lose your sense of smell for a little while, or even for a long time. Your sinuses might be swollen or polyps (tiny growths) might block your nose passages.

Infections (like colds or the flu) or a head injury might make you lose your ability to smell. Parkinson?s disease or Alzheimer?s disease can also make people lose their sense of smell.

Infection or inflammation (redness and swelling) in your mouth can cause loss of taste. Head injury and Bell?s palsy (an inflammation of the nerves in the face) can also affect the ability to taste.

Some medicines (like antibiotics and blood pressure pills) can affect your ability to smell and taste. Cigarette smoking, certain chemicals, and a lack of vitamins or minerals (like vitamin B12 and zinc) can also cause problems with taste and smell.
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Well, if you were born without or lost your tongue, you wouldn't have much of a sense of taste (save the olfactory components of taste).
 
Rhubarb...
Rhubarb my friends will quite literally burn your taste buds off...
Happened to a friend ate so much that the acid screwed up his taste buds for about 2 weeks...
...
I had his deserts those weeks of school...
 
also every 7 years your taste buds change slightly. that's why some things you used to love you don't care for anymore, and somethings you used to hate, you like.
 
I had surgery on my right ear drum and part of the risk of the surgery was nerve damage..and one of two things could have happened...total paralysis of the right side of the face or loss of taste in the right half of the tongue.....luckily I suffered from the latter. Because of it.......I noticed over the years things are just more dull tasting and I can eat really hot things, thus burning the top of my mouth without realizing it.
 
my dad was involved in an explosion that i believe severed his olfactory nerve. so he can't smell and that has a lot to do with how we taste. he can taste certain tangythings but nothing else for the most part
 
When I quit smoking after 15+ years my sense of taste exploded. It was like food was a whole new experience for me.

I then promptly got pudgy. Now I work out 4 days a week so I can enjoy all this wonderful food. 🙂
 
Sense of taste is more aligned with sense of smell

(ever pinch your nose closed and try to taste something)

With that said, a relative of mine has no sense of smell (well, *extremely* limited) and doesn't have much sense of taste
 
Guys, it doesen't really have much to do with your taste buds. Your tongue can only sense a few different taste sensations; bitter, sweet, sour and salty.... the rest of it is connected to your nose.

That's why you can say things like "That tasted like concrete", even though you've (probably) never really tasted concrete before.
 
Originally posted by: Eli
Guys, it doesen't really have much to do with your taste buds. Your tongue can only sense a few different taste sensations; bitter, sweet, sour and salty.... the rest of it is connected to your nose.

That's why you can say things like "That tasted like concrete", even though you've (probably) never really tasted concrete before.
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That's been proven un-true about the few taste sensations in Feb 2002, although smell still has a large bit to play with taste.
 
Originally posted by: lobadobadingdong
Originally posted by: Eli
Guys, it doesen't really have much to do with your taste buds. Your tongue can only sense a few different taste sensations; bitter, sweet, sour and salty.... the rest of it is connected to your nose.

That's why you can say things like "That tasted like concrete", even though you've (probably) never really tasted concrete before.
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That's been proven un-true about the few taste sensations in Feb 2002, although smell still has a large bit to play with taste.
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If you can give me the date, you should be able to give me an article. 😛
 
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