date:Jun 02, 2012
d taste components of foods are congruent they are perceived as one sensation which seems to come from the mouth, but when they are not people believe they are smelling certain attributes.
This is a trick that the brain plays on us,said Lim.Vanilla has no taste at all. Its a smell, and the pleasant sensation is coming not from your mouth but from the nose, through the passage way between the back of the mouth and the back of the nose.
She noted that when the vanilla aroma is matched with a con