The Effect of Adaptation on the Taste Threshold Observed with a Semiautomatic Gustometer

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  • Georg Von Békésy
چکیده

A special "gustometer" has been built, which permits continuous measurement of the threshold of taste sensations. Taste sensations show strong adaptation even at the threshold level. The adaptation was much the same for the four primary tastes, but there were large individual differences. Of theoretical interest is the finding that adaptation to a taste can occur even with subliminal stimuli.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of General Physiology

دوره 48  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1965