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The Nature of Things
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S47E13: The Science of the Senses: Smell/Taste

The Nature of Things · Season 47
Aired 24 Jan 2008 at 12:00am (UTC)
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Synopsis

In this episode of The Science of the Senses, we explore how smell combines with taste, somewhere in our brain, to create the perception of flavour. Most people wrongly assume that taste dominates. But what actually allows us to differentiate one food from another beyond the basics of sweet, sour, salty, savory and bitter, is the aroma.

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