Dietary fat induces sustained reward response in the human brain without primary taste cortex discrimination

To disentangle taste from reward responses in the human gustatory cortex, we combined high density electro-encephalography with a gustometer delivering tastant puffs to the tip of the tongue. Stimuli were pure tastants (salt solutions at two concentrations), caloric emulsions of identical taste (two...

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Main Authors: Hélène eTzieropoulos, Andreas eRytz, Julie eHudry, Johannes eLe Coutre
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2013-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00036/full