The Nature of Things — Episode 13: The Science of the Senses: Smell/Taste

You are watching the episode The Science of the Senses: Smell/Taste In this episode of The Science of the Senses, we explore how smell combines with taste, somewhere in our brain, to create the perception of flavour. Most people wrongly assume that taste dominates. But what actually allows us to differentiate one food from another beyond the basics of sweet, sour, salty, savory and bitter, is the aroma.