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Secret link between taste and smell: Why they are more connected than you think

Have you ever noticed how food tastes bland when you have a blocked nose? That’s because taste and smell are deeply interconnected. Our tongue may detect the basic tastes, sweet, salty, sour, bitter, ...
New Atlas

Your nose tastes odors in a way that upends decades of understanding

For the first time, scientists have discovered that smell and taste are inseparable much earlier in the brain than we thought. New research shows that odors can actually be coded as tastes in the ...
Food & Wine

Your Brain Can Actually ‘Taste’ Smells — and Scientists Finally Know Why

A new study from Sweden’s Karolinska Institute found that the brain’s taste cortex responds not only to flavors on the tongue but also to aromas that reach the nose while eating, known as retronasal ...
WSLS 10

UVA Health opens new clinic for smell and taste disorders

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va – UVA Health recently opened a new center for smell and taste disorders aiming to diagnose and treat issues with the senses. The disorders affect the ability to perceive smells and ...
The New York Times

Can You Improve Your Sense of Taste?

Experts weigh in on what’s actually possible. Ask Well Experts weigh in on what’s actually possible. Credit...Eric Helgas for The New York Times Supported by By Simar Bajaj Simar Bajaj has been ...