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12775444

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-5-30
pubmed:abstractText
Impaired taste sensation in the aging person may affect the appreciation of food and beverages and compromise nutritional status. Changes in flavor perception may be due to altered ability to discriminate between intensities of suprathreshold taste stimuli. An interesting question is whether all taste qualities (sweet, salty, sour, bitter) show similar age-associated decline in intensity discrimination. Taste intensity discrimination has been shown to be significantly poorer in elderly than in young women for the bitter stimulus caffeine, but not for the sweet stimulus sucrose. The present experiment investigated effects of taste substance and age on taste intensity discrimination by assessing Weber ratios (WRs) for citric acid and sodium chloride (NaCl) in 60 people, half elderly, and half women. Results indicate a significant effect of age on WRs for citric acid and NaCl, suggesting the importance of suprathreshold intensity discrimination for taste perception in the elderly.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0361-073X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
29
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
371-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-2-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Age-associated increases in intensity discrimination for taste.
pubmed:affiliation
San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92120-4913, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.