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W. A. Roger, “The Scientific Basis of Eating: Taste and Smell, Salivation, Mastication and Swallowing and Their Dysfunctions (Frontiers of Oral Biology),” Karger, New York, 1998.

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• TITLE: Eye Blink Responses to the Four Basic Taste Stimuli in Healthy Young Humans

  AUTHORS: Ichiro Ashida, Yuko Tamaki, Yozo Miyaoka

  KEYWORDS: Eye Blink; Gustofacial Response; Taste; Adult Humans

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Behavioral and Brain Science, Vol.3 No.4, August 22, 2013

  ABSTRACT: Taste stimuli can elicit facial responses, and the facial responses may be useful indexes of taste sensations. In this study, we propose that eye blinking is also elicited by taste stimuli and we examined eye blink responses in six healthy young adults. Low and high concentration solutions of the four basic taste qualities (sweetness, saltiness, sourness, and bitterness) and distilled water were delivered via a silicone tube. Facial responses were recorded by a video camera and eye blink responses were identified. The number of eye blinks in the 5 s following stimulation, and the latency and duration of the first eye blink, were quantified. High concentrations of sour and bitter solutions increased the number of eye blinks (195% and 227%, respectively; P P P