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Mini Episode: Neuroscience of Taste

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A little longer than usual, this mini-episode is a great follow-up to last month's topic on smell!

(If you haven't given that one a listen, we recommend it but it's not required listening.)

Prompted by a listener question: What's happening in our brains when we smell or taste, and what can we learn from it regarding losing those senses from COVID-19?

Laine walks us through another surprising & brain-blowing topic!

If you have any topics you'd be interested in learning more about, email us at info@brainblownpodcast.com!

REFERENCES

Hardwired for Taste by Bijal Trivedi

Dana M. Small, Maria G. Veldhuizen, Barry Green -- Sensory Neuroscience: Taste Responses in Primary Olfactory Cortex

Robert A. Wheeler and Regina M. Carelli -- The Neuroscience of Pleasure - Focus on "Ventral Pallidum Firing Codes; Hedonic Reward: When a Bad Taste Turns Good"

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