The tongue map or taste map is a common misconception that different sections of the tongue are exclusively responsible for different basic tastes. It is illustrated with a schematic map of the tongue, with certain parts of the tongue labeled for each taste.

2017年5月23日 · Everybody has seen the tongue map – that little diagram of the tongue with different sections neatly cordoned off for different taste receptors. Sweet in the front, salty and sour on the sides...

2006年8月29日 · The tongue map is easy enough to prove wrong at home. Place salt on the tip of your tongue. You'll taste salt. For reasons unknown, scientists never bothered to dispute this inconvenient...

Although the existence of the so-called ‘tongue map’ has long been discredited, the psychophysical evidence clearly demonstrates significant (albeit small) differences in taste sensitivity across the tongue, soft palate, and pharynx …

2017年10月12日 · Today we know that different regions of the tongue can detect sweet, sour, bitter and salty. Taste buds are found elsewhere too – in the roof of the mouth and even in the throat.

2019年1月3日 · The tongue map’s simplicity lends to its appeal. “It’s an easy-to-understand figure that appears to provide some insight into how taste works without any need to get into cell biology,” Lewandowski says. But, to understand how taste really works, you have to take a closer look at the tongue’s specialized cells.

2024年5月29日 · The map’s mistakes are easy to confirm. If you place a lemon wedge at the tip of your tongue, it will taste sour, and if you put a bit of honey toward the side, it will be sweet.

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2020年12月20日 · The tongue map—which divides the tongue into "taste zones"—is but a myth. Learn the story of how this long-standing misconception came to be:

2021年8月8日 · Everyone has seen the tongue map, that diagram of the tongue with different sections for different tastes: sweet in the front, salty and sour on the sides, bitter at the back. It’s an iconic image in the study of taste, but it’s wrong.