The Nature of Things

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The Nature of Things - Season 47 Episode 13 The Science of the Senses: Smell/Taste


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48 minutes 2024 HD

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In this episode of The Science of the Senses, we explore how smell combines with taste, somewhere in our brain, to create the perception of flavour. Most people wrongly assume that taste dominates. But what actually allows us to differentiate one food from another beyond the basics of sweet, sour, salty, savory and bitter, is the aroma.

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