Journal article
Preferring one taste over another without recognizing either
Nature neuroscience, Vol.8(7), pp.860-861
07/2005
DOI: 10.1038/nn1489
PMID: 15951808
Abstract
Stimuli can be discriminated without being consciously perceived and can be preferred without being remembered. Here we report a subject with a previously unknown dissociation of abilities: a strong behavioral preference for the taste of sugar over saline, despite a complete failure of recognition. The pattern of brain damage responsible for the dissociation suggests that reliable behavioral choice among tastes can occur in the absence of the gustatory cortex necessary for taste recognition.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Preferring one taste over another without recognizing either
- Creators
- Ralph Adolphs - University of Iowa, NeurologyDaniel Tranel - University of Iowa, NeurologyMichael Koenigs - Department of Neurology and Neuroscience Graduate Program, The University of IowaAntonio R Damasio - University of California, Los Angeles
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Nature neuroscience, Vol.8(7), pp.860-861
- DOI
- 10.1038/nn1489
- PMID
- 15951808
- NLM abbreviation
- Nat Neurosci
- ISSN
- 1097-6256
- eISSN
- 1546-1726
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2005
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Psychological and Brain Sciences; Iowa Neuroscience Institute
- Record Identifier
- 9984002444902771
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