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- Sixteen out of twenty-five studies reported perception of taste intensity at supra-threshold levels to be significantly lower for older adults. However, six out of nine studies concerning sucrose found perceived intensity of sweet taste not to diminish with age.
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When a person loses this sense or it becomes altered, it can cause a reduction in appetite, weight loss, poor nutrition, weakened immunity and even death. Understanding how one’s perception of taste can change with age is an important step towards preventing these adverse health effects.
- Marlo Sollitto
May 9, 2022 · Our findings show that older adults do not take longer to recognize a salty taste, but their perception of taste intensity slowly increases, and yet remains lower than that of young...
- Hitomi Sato
May 9, 2022 · We compared the perceptions of salty taste intensities of older adults with those of young adults. Participants were 74 healthy adults: 31 older (age, 60-81 years [65.0 ± 5.5 SD]) and 43 young (age, 21-39 years [25.0 ± 3.6 SD]). Our research project comprises three sequential experiments.
Aug 13, 2012 · Sixteen out of twenty-five studies reported perception of taste intensity at supra-threshold levels to be significantly lower for older adults. However, six out of nine studies concerning sucrose found perceived intensity of sweet taste not to diminish with age.
- Lisa Methven, Victoria J. Allen, Caroline A. Withers, Margot A. Gosney
- 2012
Jan 1, 2005 · We observed a significant decrease with aging in taste perception but not touch spatial sensation and irritating (burning pain) sensation, showing that aging affects taste perception and oral somatic sensations in different ways.
- Akiko Fukunaga, Hiroshi Uematsu, Kumiko Sugimoto
- 2005
Jul 1, 1986 · Men (n = 91) and women (n = 79) between the ages of 23 and 88 years made cross-modal matches of distance to the perceived intensity of aqueous solutions representing the four basic taste qualities.
Jan 27, 2022 · Our data show a significant deterioration of oral sensitivity, taste (which did not differ between different taste qualities), and smell in older adults.
