One Minute Video on Taste--Ask Smithsonian

A nice one minute video on taste buds and explaining away the old taste bud map we've all seen.  You know, the one that was misread from a 1901 study and reprinted in biology and psychology texts for decades?

Anyway, this is a nice one-minute into to the chemosenses.


posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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Sugar and the Brain

SUGAR!!!!!

A colleague was looking for examples and descriptions for the economic idea of diminishing marginal utility.   He ran across this video on sugar and the brain.  It deals with taste buds, brain parts, dopamine and all sorts of brain and physiology ideas.  It's only 5 minutes and has some fun graphics to keep the kids interested. Not all the various terms we use are in here, but may are referenced. Check it out.


posted by Chuck Schallhorn

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