Gustatory Perception Application To Ghr Biophycodocisl Modle And Didtorations Flashcards
What do we uses to Applying the BPS model to gustration
Binocular and monocular depth cues
List the Biological factors
Age
genetics
Illness
pregnancy
Explain biological factor age
Age: a taste bud only last approximately 10 days, but they regenerate regularly.
Earlier in life, they regeneration occurs quickly with children having a larger number of functional taste buds
Explain Genetics biological factor
A quarter of all people are born with more than the average number of taste buds, we’re as a further quarter a born with fewer than the advrage number.
The number we have changes how bitter or sweet food tastes.
Explain the Biological factor Ilness
Loss of taste is a very common symptom of a viral infection Covid, cold, flue,.
The problem is your sence of smell
If your sence of smell is reduced from a blocked nose, your brain is not receiving the full range of sensations that combine to give food its flavour.
How does smell effect taste so much
Biological factor ilness
The nose and mouth are a connected airway
Out sence of smell and therefore taste work together to create perceptions of flavour
Our smell is responsible for 80 percent of what we taste without smell we can only taste sweet, salty, sour,and bitter
Biological factors- pregnancy
Hormones
Resurch show that there can be biological change in taste during pregnancy ( eg. Increasing bitter, or decreased sweet.)