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Salty, bitter, sweet and sour survive unscathed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 April 2008

David A. Booth
David A. Booth
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School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TT, United Kingdom. D.A.Booth@Bham.ac.UKhttp://psychology.bham.ac.uk/staff/davidbooth
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Abstract

Types of sensory receptor can only be identified by multidimensional discrimination of a familiar version of a sensed object from variants that disconfound putative types. By that criterion, there is as yet no evidence against just the four classic types of gustatory receptor, for sodium salts, alkaloids, sugars, and proton donors.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 31 , Issue 1 , February 2008 , pp. 76 - 77
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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