gustation

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When we taste something we are actually experiencing a combination of three senses: touch, smell and taste – or gustation – which combine to produce the flavors we perceive in food and drinks.

From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026

What we eat is heavily influenced by the process of gustation, which refers to how our sense of taste helps us decide what to consume based on flavor preferences.

From Science Daily • Oct. 4, 2023

Taste, also called gustation, and smell, also called olfaction, are the most interconnected senses in that both involve molecules of the stimulus entering the body and bonding to receptors.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

And if success or gustation or family is not enough to avoid the traps of existential despair, what is?

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2018

CP: The ear dominates the ear, nose, and throat discipline, and although specialists should be open to treating olfaction and gustation disorders, the nose is often considered a poor and uninteresting relative.

From Slate • May 12, 2013