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

By studying how retronasal odors trigger taste-like brain activity, researchers at Sweden’s Karolinska Institute have ...
News Medical

Study reveals how the brain interprets certain aromas as taste

Flavored drinks without sugar can be perceived as sweet - and now researchers know why. A new study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, published in the journal Nature Communications, reveals that ...
The Conversation

Smell triggers the same brain response as taste does – even if you haven’t eaten anything

Janina Seubert receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement n° 947886) and from the Swedish ...