Chemical Senses in Feeding, Belonging, and Surviving
Or, Are You Going to Eat That?

This Element looks at the physiological and social roles of taste and the proximal chemical senses.

Paul A. S. Breslin (Author)

9781108714075, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 25 July 2019

75 pages
22.8 x 15.2 x 0.3 cm, 1 kg

This Element looks at the physiological and social roles of taste and the proximal chemical senses. First, how we perceive food and people when we contact them is discussed. These perceptions help us identify what we are eating and with whom we are present and serves as an analysis of the complex scene. Second, the influence of taste in food choice, metabolism, and nutrition is considered. Next, the impact of taste and the proximal chemical senses in social interactions is examined, including social eating. Then, the role of taste and the proximal chemical senses in emotion is explored.

1. Introduction
2. The chemical senses
3. Perception
4. Nutrition
5. Social interactions
6. Emotions
7. Summary.

Subject Areas: Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology [JMM]