SENSATION AND PERCEPTION
VISION SENSORY AND PERCEPTUAL PROCESSING
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Detailed explanation-1: -Super-tasters have many more visible taste papillae than tasters and non-tasters. This is illustrated in the figure below. This means they have many more taste cells with receptors for bitter taste. Super-tasters are also more sensitive to sweet, salty and umami tastes, but to a lesser extent (10).
Detailed explanation-2: -The supertasters Having more tastebuds means there are also more pain receptors, and that’s why supertasters often can’t handle spicy foods and generally avoid anything bitter. As a result, they are often seen as picky eaters. However, their aversion to bitterness is evolutionary, says Bartoshuk.
Detailed explanation-3: -Testing a person’s sensitivity to a bitter chemical called 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP) is a more definitive way to determine if he or she is a supertaster; non-tasters can’t taste PROP, but supertasters can and really don’t like its bitter taste!
Detailed explanation-4: -“[Supertasters] have densities of taste buds that are 10 to 100 times greater than the normal population, ” he says. “As a result, supertasters are much more sensitive to spicy foods and they can taste … very mild flavors.”