Ever bitten into a hot pie, yelped "Hothothot!" then had your taste buds go on strike for the next week? Taste buds are a ...

If you’re among the 19% of Americans who report changes in their sense of taste as they get older, it might be some cause for alarm. New research suggests that losing your sense of taste, especially ...

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Examples often include proprioception, which helps you know where your limbs are without looking, and the vestibular sense, ...

You probably know that certain senses, like hearing and vision, become less acute with age. But you might not realize that taste is another one. In a 2025 study published in The International Forum of ...

A 2016 study found that some three-fourths of older adults have taste issues, more than any other sensory deficit. But many who notice “taste” changes are experiencing smell loss, since much of flavor ...

My long-term collaborator, professor Charles Spence from the Crossmodal Laboratory in Oxford, told me his neuroscience ...

For thousands of people in the UK, smell and taste disorders turn Christmas into a season without flavour or aroma, writes ...

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My daughter had just learned to walk. She was grasping my pinkie with her tiny hand as we entered into one of my favorite places on Earth, a redwood forest in Northern California. The air was cool ...

Learn how the five senses differ for men and women. Studies suggest that women are the more sensitive gender. Getty Images — -- Though it sounds like something you’d give some serious feminist ...