Learning to speak 'the language of flavor'

Monday, January 9, 2012 - 12:50 in Psychology & Sociology

Can you describe the flavor of the last thing you ate? Not whether or not you liked it, but the sensation of eating it. Chances are, it's difficult to do so in much detail.  That's because flavor suffers from a language problem.

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