Chapter
The Complexity of Bitterness and Taste Preferences
59:20 - 1:07:00 (07:39)
This episode discusses the variability of taste preferences and how some people may enjoy fermented foods with a slight sour or briny flavor despite not liking bitter tastes. The podcast also touches on the evolutionary reasons behind why children may have an innate liking for sweet tastes.
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There are nuances to the bitter taste that we like to live at the edge of, and this episode discusses the changes in taste preference across an individual's lifespan, from avoiding vegetables to willingly eating them.
59:20 - 1:03:37 (04:17)
Summary
There are nuances to the bitter taste that we like to live at the edge of, and this episode discusses the changes in taste preference across an individual's lifespan, from avoiding vegetables to willingly eating them.
ChapterThe Complexity of Bitterness and Taste Preferences
EpisodeDr. Charles Zuker: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving
PodcastHuberman Lab
The olfactory system's meaning is imposed by learning and experience, unlike other senses where meaning is predetermined.
1:03:37 - 1:05:07 (01:29)
Summary
The olfactory system's meaning is imposed by learning and experience, unlike other senses where meaning is predetermined. Sulfur may be a universal aversive odor, but for the most part, meaning is given to odors through learned experience.
ChapterThe Complexity of Bitterness and Taste Preferences
EpisodeDr. Charles Zuker: The Biology of Taste Perception & Sugar Craving
PodcastHuberman Lab
Taste is predetermined and hard-wired in the brain, whereas smell requires associations with prior experiences to gain meaning.
1:05:07 - 1:07:00 (01:53)
Summary
Taste is predetermined and hard-wired in the brain, whereas smell requires associations with prior experiences to gain meaning. However, learning and experience can still modulate both taste and smell, as seen with the positive associations formed with the consumption of alcohol in beer and coffee.