Physiology of Taste, and Health & Service Flashcards
An organisms’ neurological response to a stimulus in the environment is knows as a ____________.
Sensation
The brain’s interpretation of the information gathered by the senses is known as a ______________.
Perception
Any chemical, physical, or thermal activator that can produce as response in a sense receptor is known as a _________.
Sensory stimulus
The smallest amount of stimulus necessary to trigger an UNIDENTIFIABLE sensation is knows as a _______ ______.
Detection threshold
The smallest amount of stimulus necessary to trigger an IDENTIFIABLE sensation is knows as a _______ ______.
Recognition threshold
The detection threshold is genetically determined. T or F.
True
What is the first sense used to examine a wine?
Sight
An inky purple wine would indicate
a. high acid wine
b. young red
c. older mature red
d. low acid
b. young red
A brick red wine would indicate
an older mature red wine
A ruby-orange tone would indicate
a high-acid red wine
A rust colored wine would indicate
may be an oxidized red wine
A straw yellow to lemon yellow wine would indicate
most young dry white wines
A deep golden yellow wine would indicate
White wine from a warm climate, or white having spent some time in barrel.
An amber gold wine would indicate
a maderized or oxidized white wine
What sense, compared to our other senses, has the least amount of information to give a taster?
Sight
Our most important, sensitive and versatile sensory evaluation tool is
Smell
