The Effect of Inhibiting a Person’s Sense of Smell on their ability to identify flavors
Aim: What is the effect of inhibiting a person’s sense of smell on their sense of taste to determine flavor?
Research Question: To what extent does a person’s sense of smell affect their ability to distinguish between different flavors through their sense of taste by inhibiting their facility to use their nose when testing different flavors of jelly beans?
Hypothesis: If the sense of smell of an individual is inhibited (by blocking and unblocking their nose), then the individual’s sense of taste will be affected negatively to the point of that they are unable to clearly identity different recurring flavors (lemon, orange, watermelon, strawberry) provided
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The taste test itself is highly subjective and the results are based off of the person under experimentation being able to distinguish between flavors sufficiently to some extent, however, the capability of this trait in people varies as some may be able to taste better without their sense of smell than others and thus the results may have changed, even though steps were taken to reduce this possibility of variance. Moreover, an additional weakness of this particular experiment lies in the availability for guessing and chance to take place. With only 4 choices of jelly bean, if the person lacks an idea even after they have tasted the jelly bean, they must still offer some response to the question of flavor. This pushes the individual to guess rather actually think on what exactly was the flavor that they had just tasted, and consequently the data collected because flawed by guesswork. Furthermore, the food form of jelly bean is logical in its use for this experiment, however, as with all candy they are chemically produced foods that may not reflect the actual taste sensations of each fruit flavor. Another weakness would be that not all taste sensations were tested and stimulated in this experiment, with only the sour taste sensations of lemon and oranges in addition to the sweet taste sensations of watermelon and strawberry, the experiment was limited due to there being a lacking of other taste …show more content…
Moreover, in order to adjust the experiment’s liability to guesses and lack of flavor variance, a wider testing variety (salted fruits, grapefruit, banana,) to accommodate all tasting sensations and a larger quantity of flavors (from 10 to 20 of each flavor of jelly bean) should be implemented so that students taking the approach to guessing are able to take more than one jelly bean sample so that they have another option to resort to other than simply guessing and being restricted to only 2 taste sensations. Moreover, the form of food provided for the experiment can be adapted from jelly beans to cut up cubes of fruits (for salted fruits just add salt) which would better provide an accurate tasting sensation of the flavors. By improving upon these aspects, the results of the experiment will become more accurate and broaden the data collected and observed within the
If they had eaten it they would not get a second marshmallow. The test showed that a large percentage of the kids who ate the marshmallow did not succeed in their hero’s journey. Also a large percentage of the kids who did not eat the marshmallow succeeded in their hero’s journey. My personal opinion on this is that
Ashwin Kumar Ms. Bergith Weber AP English Language/4 March 17, 2018 Independent Reading Lodestar Title: The title of this book is The Jungle.
In the world of Louisiana culinary arts one dish stands out. The recipe is a masterpiece created by an infusion of various cultures, combining okra from West Africa, a European fish stew, and a Native American spice. Unsurprisingly, the dish reflects the attitude of its creators: a simple down-to-earth people who use the ordinary, but abundant resources around them to survive in bayou country. Thus, gumbo is a basic concoction of ingredients widely available in Louisiana, thrown into a pot and made with love. That being said, to a native Louisianan eating gumbo is more than a meal, the smells, tastes, and sights of the mixture have been ingrained into their psyche and the state’s culture.
A lot of lesson in this experiment, one is that people like different flavor of gum for different reasons, and two not all Gums are the same. Our possible source of error is that we could
Through concise analysis of research papers and other experiments conducted elsewhere, the final conclusion of this lab was supported. All in all, the inquiry experiment allowed the accomplishment of the goal of identifying one of the main reasons why fruit flies eat rotten fruit. Introduction: Drosophila (a model research organism) melanogaster (black abdomen) is the common fruitfly. The lab required the usage of fruit flies as they are a commonly used organism in many experiments. The portion before the inquiry lab utilized the usage of different foods to determine exactly which food the flies would experience more of an attraction towards.
Understanding the food tasters expertise makes it easier for the reader to
South University Jane Emond NTR 2050 Dr. Weintraub August 3, 2015 The five senses, sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell. All amazing on their own, but when all are working independently of each other properly people can function pretty well. However, when the slightest disruption interferes with how our senses work properly life can become pretty unbearable at times. Just to name a few issues such as the common cold, seasonal allergies, conjunctivitis, and ear infections can very easily cause the balanced system to go out of whack.
The third problem is the difference between the tastes
This means that people can tell and there is a distinct taste difference between artificial sweeteners and regular sugar and people prefer the taste of regular sugar over there fake counterpart. Both of these articles have stated that the human brain can tell the difference between artificial sweeteners and regular sugar and that artificial sweeteners leave a bitter
Many scientists believe that artificial flavoring is made from dozens of different types of chemicals to create certain different types of smells and flavoring. In the text “ From the Jungle “ author, Upton Sinclair went undercover in the meat factory industry to expose the working conditions and the sickness, diseases that are happening in the industry that people are not aware of. Food diseases are made clear through citizens getting food illness by not understanding what is happening behind the foods that they are consuming on a daily. In the novel “ From the Jungle “ the author Upton Sinclair uses Imagery to connect with readers to create a vision of the story and to imagine the setting that the author describes. Citizens are getting
This attempts to explain that the gum is bursting with flavor and is why you should chose this over other types of fruit
A problem I had with the study only showing a picture was that it did not really have the participants interact in real life situations. It had them only do questionnaires, assessments, or look at pictures. It did not have them actually go out and buy the food or go to an actual restaurant to see if what they stated is what they would actually do once in that particular setting. Also for both of the experiments the majority of the participants were females, there should have been at least an even number of male and female participants. They also could have used more than just asparagus to test their theory, it may be possible that it is easier to plant false beliefs or memories for some foods than it is for others.
February 7, 2010 or Super Bowl XLIV as we all remember was the first time the, “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” commercial was played on national television. I’m almost certain that everyone in the United States at one point of time has had this Old Spice commercial stuck on replay in their head. This commercial does an amazing job at grabbing whoever’s attention, whether or not you are a part of the targeted audience. However, with its comical approach, this commercial implies that by using this product a chain of events will happen that Old Spice cannot prove.
Two of the same types of plants were used, in order for the results to be reliable. One of the plants was labelled DISTILLED whereas the other was ACIDIC, so the results don’t get mixed. The DISTILLED plant was used as a controlled variable, where normal spring water was used (pH 7.3) The ACIDIC plant was the one the experiment had taken place on, this was where lemon water was used (pH 2.0) Throughout the experiment pictures were taken, so one will be able to notice the colour change on the acidic plants, as it had started to slowly die. With both plants you are able to notice that they had both started to grow flowers, but more the spring watered plant than that on the lemon juice watered one. The results of the plant growth was recorded to we would be able to notice the amount it had grown, this would be the water compared to lemon juice.
When you ask yourself - how will this glass of wine taste? You have to keep in mind that perception of taste will be different from person to person. For instance, if someone tells you that they can smell or taste a specific flavor (note), that doesn't mean that you will as well. In this short article, I will briefly explain what sensory evaluation is, who does it and why is it done the way it is.