Taste maps are wrong!!!

Regional localisation of taste on the tongue

Taste maps are wrong!

The taste map of areas of different tast sensitivity on the tongue has been dismissed as flawed. For some time there has been some controversy as to whether the familiar taste maps of the human tongue, which appear in every textbook (and certain websites on taste, mentioning no names!), are correct - they are not (see review by Chaudhari & Roper, Journal of Cell Biology 190; 285-296, 2010). 

To read more on this subject click here TasteMaps. Cardiff University, UK.

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