The lateralization of gustatory function and the flow of information from tongue to cortex

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1408-1416

  Stevenson, Richard J ^a   Miller, Laurie A ^b,c   McGrillen, Ky ^b,c  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gustation; Hemispheric specialization; Lateralization; Taste

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; INSULA; MALE; SENSORY STIMULATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWEETNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASTE; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE; TONGUE;

ADULT; AFFERENT PATHWAYS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; TASTE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE;

EID: 84878916510     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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