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Different tastes are detected only on specific regions of the tongue, as shown by the tongue taste map.
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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that different tastes are detected only on specific regions of the tongue, as shown by the tongue taste map?
Unclear. Two peer-reviewed items bear on the claim only indirectly: a review describes taste as receptor-based across species rather than localized to tongue regions, and a mouse study reports no regional differences in taste bud staining patterns. Neither directly tests the tongue taste map, so the evidence only partially counters the claim.
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Liman, E. R., Zhang, Y. V., & Montell, C. (2014). Peripheral coding of taste.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2014.02.022
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Keratin expression in taste bud cells of the circumvallate and foliate papillae of adult mice.. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://cir.nii.ac.jp/crid/1873121243222124032
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