[Gutenberg 59082] • The Sense of Taste by Hollingworth, Harry L. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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THE SENSE OF TASTE EDITORIAL INTRODUCTION PREFACE CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS CHAPTER I The Qualities of Taste

The Taste Manifold The Classification of Tastes Taste Blends and Fusions The Poverty of Taste Psychological Analysis of the Taste Qualities Distribution of the Taste Qualities The Vocabulary of Taste

CHAPTER II The Organization of the Tastes

System and Organization in Other Senses Taste Mixtures and Compounds Compensation, Antagonism, and Neutralization Contrast Phenomena After Images of Taste The Schema of Taste Relations

CHAPTER III The Sensitiveness of Taste

Various Measures of Sensitiveness The Threshold of Taste Sensation Relative Sensitivity of Taste and Smell The Discrimination of Tastes Adaptation and Fatigue Acquired Tastes The Early Development of Taste

CHAPTER IV Time Relations of Taste Qualities

The Inertia of the Taste Organs Reaction Time to Taste Stimuli Determinants of Reaction Time to Taste

CHAPTER V The Sense Organ of Taste

Comparison With Other Sense Organs The Salivary Glands and Their Activity The Tongue: Its Muscles and Covering Membranes Classification of Papillæ The Determination of the Taste Areas

CHAPTER VI Sensory Elements of the Taste Mechanism

Taste Buds and Their General Characteristics Supporting Cells, Gustatory Cells, and Nerve Filaments Relations Among the Structures Within the Taste Bud The Sensory Nerves of Taste The Cerebral Taste Centers

CHAPTER VII Taste-Producing Substances

Adequate and Inadequate Stimuli Adequate Taste Stimuli Inadequate Taste Stimuli

CHAPTER VIII Function of the Taste Mechanism

Function of Tongue and Salivary Glands The Function of the Taste Buds

CHAPTER IX The Development of Taste in the Individual

Development Before Birth Development of Taste in Infancy and Childhood Taste in the Adult Structural and Functional Differences Among Individuals Individual Differences Due to Pathological Changes Racial Differences in the Structure and Function of the Taste Organs

CHAPTER X Evolution of Taste

Sensitivity of the Unicellular Organisms “The Chemical Sense” Chemical Sense in Fishes Land-Dwelling Animals

CHAPTER XI Gustatory Imagination and Memory

The Nature and Frequency of Mental Images Mental Images of Taste Taste in Dreams and in Hallucinations

CHAPTER XII Unusual and Abnormal Taste Experiences

Gustatory Hallucinations and Auræ Partial and Complete Ageusia Taste Hallucinations of the Insane Synæsthesias of Taste Perversions of Taste

CHAPTER XIII Food and Flavor

The Biological Rôle of Taste Taste and Digestion Experimental Evidences The Function of Taste in the Organic Economy

CHAPTER XIV The Æsthetic Value of Taste

The Higher and Lower Senses Bounty of Nature and Ecclesiastical Censorship The Psychophysical Attributes The Tendency to Adaptation Spatial Attributes of Taste Qualities Immediate Affective Value of Taste Development in the Individual and the Race The Imaginative Value of Taste The Non-Social Character of the Lower Senses The Unsystematic Relations of Taste Qualities The Motive of Æsthetic Products

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