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Articles on flavour

July 7, 2026

Why do some foods taste good and others taste horrible?

Eloise Stevens, The Conversation and Gemma Ware, The Conversation

Listen to the The Conversation’s Curious Kids podcast to hear taste researcher Linda Bartoshuk explain why our tastes for food change.

September 15, 2025

Putu Agus Khorisantono, Karolinska Institutet and Janina Seubert, Karolinska Institutet

Our latest study showed that taste and smell were both found to activate a region of the brain important for taste, hunger and thirst.

April 15, 2025

Margaret Murray, Swinburne University of Technology and Andrew Costanzo, Deakin University

Many people are convinced Easter egg chocolate tastes better than regular chocolate, and they may be onto something.

Linda Bartoshuk
Research Professor of Psychology, George Washington University
Andrew Costanzo
Senior Lecturer in food and nutrition sciences, Deakin University
Margaret Murray
Senior Lecturer, Nutrition, Swinburne University of Technology
Janina Seubert
Principal Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet
Putu Agus Khorisantono
Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet