Taste Perception

• Gustation: taste (or gustation) refers to the sensory experience of a substance that is placed in the mouth and perceived as flavour
• Taste - The sensory experience of putting something in the mouth
• Flavour - A multi-sensory perceptual experience produced by the combination of taste with other sensations
• Biological factors of taste perception - age and genetics
• Food culture: the attitudes, behaviours, customs and values around food which we were raised