Name: What happens in your brain when you taste food
Uploaded: 2019-10-03T14:48:40Z
Duration: 13 min 33 s
Description: With fascinating research and hilarious anecdotes, neuroscientist Camilla Arndal Andersen takes us into the lab where she studies people's sense of taste via brain scans. She reveals surprising insights about the way our brains subconsciously experience food -- and shows how this data could help us eat healthier without sacrificing taste.

Camilla Arndal Andersen: What happens in your brain when you taste food

What happens in your brain when you taste food

With fascinating research and hilarious anecdotes, neuroscientist Camilla Arndal Andersen takes us into the lab where she studies people's sense of taste via brain scans. She reveals surprising insights about the way our brains subconsciously experience food -- and shows how this data could help us eat healthier without sacrificing taste.

Taste is not just a matter of the tongue but a creation of the mind, shaped by hidden biases and subconscious processing. In a playful experiment, one person described wildly different flavors from two identical cups of coffee, revealing how expectations transform sensory experience. Brain scans show that people’s minds detect taste differences they can’t consciously describe. By decoding these subconscious reactions, researchers are finding new ways to make healthier foods truly satisfying.