Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Distinct representations of basic taste qualities in human gustatory cortex

  • Junichi Chikazoe,
  • Daniel H. Lee,
  • Nikolaus Kriegeskorte,
  • Adam K. Anderson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08857-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Previous research shows how taste types are represented across regions of the brain in non-human animals. Here, the authors examine how four basic tastes are represented in the human brain, showing evidence of the human gustatory cortex in the insula.