Gut Taste Stimulants Alter Brain Activity in Areas Related to Working Memory: a Pilot Study.

CONCLUSIONS: in this pilot trial, we demonstrate that acute intragastric administration of different taste substances does not affect working memory performance in humans. However, "umami" and "bitter" have effects on brain areas involved in neural working memory, overpowering the effects of "sweet", "salty" and "sour" reception.
PMID: 27459713 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Neuro-Signals - July 26, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Meyer-Gerspach AC, Suenderhauf C, Bereiter L, Zanchi D, Beglinger C, Borgwardt S, Wölnerhanssen BK Tags: Neurosignals Source Type: research