That neat and tidy map of tastes on the tongue you learned in school is all wrong
- Written by The Conversation
Taste receptors for salty, sweet, bitter and sour are found all over the tongue. Tongue via www.shutterstock.com.Everybody has seen the tongue map – that little diagram of the tongue with different sections neatly cordoned off for different taste receptors. Sweet in the front, salty and sour on the sides and bitter at the back.
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