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The Sense of Taste

INDEX

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Abnormalities, of taste, 97, 123 ff., 151 ff.

Acetate of lead, 4

Acid, 5

Adaptation, phenomena of, 48 tendency to, 180

Addams, 159

Æsthetics, motive of products, 192

Æsthetic value, of the senses, 168 ff.

Affective value, of sensory qualities, 182 ff.

After images, nature of, 37 of taste, 39

Ageusia, 152

Alkaline, taste, 20

Alkaloids, taste of, 5

Allotriophagia, 157

Annelids, sense organs of, 133

Antagonism, of colors, 30 of tastes, 31

Appetite, 164 ff.

Apple, taste of, 13

Areas, of taste, 23, 75

Art, and philosophy, 194

Auræ of taste, 151

Bailey, 45

Bain, 8

Bell, 134

Birds, senses of, 140

Bitter, 5, 7, 20, 21, 22, 31, 36, 40, 45, 47

Blends, of taste, 18, 29

Boyle, 110

Brain center, for taste, 89 ff.

Brown, 150

Burton, 169

Calkins, 189

Camphor, taste of, 12

Cane sugar, taste of, 4

Cannon, 161

Carlson, 163

Cells, supporting and gustatory, 80, 108

Censorship, 173

Chatin, 7, 18

Chemical sense, 131, 135 ff.

Chemistry, 1, 4, 78, 96, 99

Chevreul, 4, 12

Chinaglea, 58

Chloroform, taste of, 4, 13, 76

Chorda tympani, 87, 98

Classification, of tastes, 3 ff. of papillæ, 70 of taste stimuli, 96

Cocaine, 21

Coffee, taste of, 13

Colloids, 5, 94, 110

Colors, primary, 2 names of, 24 organization of, 27

Compensation, in colors, 30 in tastes, 31

Contrast, experience of, 34 laws of, 37

Crustacea, sense organs of, 134

Crystalloids, 5, 94, 110

Cushing, 88

Development, of taste, 51 ff., 116 ff., 143, 184

Digestion, and taste, 160

Discrimination, of tastes, 47 sharpness of, 175

Dreams, and taste, 124, 149, 186

198Drugs, effect of, 20, 150

Duration, of sensations, 175

Electric stimulation, 100

Evolution, of senses, 52 of taste, 53, 116, 128 ff., 184

Eye, as sense organ, 9, 60 stimulus for, 111

Fatigue, 48

Fishes, senses of, 136

Flat worms, sense organs of, 132

Flavors, 18, 158 ff.

Foods, taste of, 16, 31 and flavors, 158

Forel, 135

Fusion, of colors, 2 of tastes, 9, 18

Ganglion, nature of, 85 Gasserian, 86

Gastric juice, 161 ff.

Gley, 111

Graham, 94, 110

Guezer, 53

Gymnema, 21

Haller, 8

Hallucinations, of taste, 124, 149, 151

Heat, sensation of, 2

Hering, 113

Herrick, 137

Hornborg, 163

Humboldt, 101

Imagination, and taste, 144 ff., 185

Individual differences, 46, 122 ff.

Inertia, of sense organ, 55

Insects, senses of, 135

Kiesow, 23, 30, 40, 41, 56, 75, 95, 99, 122

Kinæsthesis, 9, 10, 19, 34

Kroner, 53

Kuelpe, 41

Kussmaul, 53

Ladd, 18, 41

Lemonade, taste of, 29

Linnæus, 8

Magnesia, taste of, 5

Malacia, 156

Mammals, senses of, 141

Manifold, of sensations, 2 of taste, 3, 17

Meats, taste of, 16

Medusa, sense organs of, 132

Memory, and taste, 144

Mental images, nature of, 144 of taste, 146 classification of, 148

Mixture, of tastes, 28

Mode, of sensation, 7

Motive, of æsthetic products, 192

Muscles, of tongue, 66

Myers, 23

Nagel, 73, 76, 94, 97, 122, 125

Names, of tastes, 23 ff.

Nerves, of taste, 80, 83 ff., 115

Neurone, nature of, 82, 85

Nichols, 45

Oehrwall, 114

Onion, taste of, 13

Organization, of taste, 27 ff., 190

Palate, sensitiveness of, 75

Papillæ, stimulation of, 10, 22 sensitiveness of, 22 location of, 68 varieties of, 70 function of, 105 development of, 117

Parker, 133, 138

Parorexia, 156

199Patrick, 15

Pavlow, 63, 161

Perception, nature of, 29

Periodic law, 5

Perversions, of taste, 156

Peterson, 53

Philosophy, and art, 194

Pica, 157

Potassium, taste of, 5

Primitive peoples, 23, 126

Psychology, and classification, 6, 18

Psychophysical attributes, 174 ff.

Qualities, of taste, 1 distribution of, 21 of different senses, 175

Quinine, taste of, 13, 22, 32

Race differences, 126

Rainey, 53

Ramsay, 111

Reactions, instinctive, 11 time of, 56, 175

Reptiles, senses of, 139

Richet, 111, 163

Saliva, flow of, 64, 93

Salivary glands, activity of, 62 function of, 103

Salt, 5, 20, 22, 31, 36, 40, 45, 57

Sapidity, conditions of, 93 ff.

Schema, of color qualities, 27 of tones, 28 of tastes, 39

Sense organ, of taste, 60 ff., 75 development of, 116, 129

Senses, higher and lower, 168 ff. æsthetic value of, 168 ff. of lower animals, 132 ff. development of, 132

Sensitiveness, of taste, 43, 53, 99

Sensitiveness, of tongue, 21, 99 measures of, 43 varieties of, 44 of taste and smell, 46 of the cell, 130

Sham feeding, 162

Sheldon, 138

Smell, sense organ of, 11 self-sacrificing character of, 14 loss of, 15 function of, 17 names for, 24 sensitiveness of, 46 adaptation to, 49

Social character, of senses, 187

Sour, 5, 20, 21, 22, 31, 36, 40, 45, 57

Spatial attributes, 181

Specific energy, of taste nerves, 115

Stahr, 117

Sternberg, 96, 112

Stimulus, meaning of, 3 adaptation to, 48, 51 adequate and inadequate, 92 for taste, 92 ff., 111

Subjective tastes, 149

Sugar of lead, 5

Sulzer, 100

Sweet, 5, 7, 20, 21, 31, 36, 40, 45, 57

Taste, acquirement of, 50 adaptation to, 49 æsthetic value of, 168 agreeableness of, 7, 24, 50, 158 biological rôle of, 158 blends of, 9, 18, 28 classification of, 3 ff. contrasts of, 37 development of, 49, 116, 128 ff., 184 disorders of, 123 ff. distribution of, 21, 73, 75, 123 200in lower animals, 128 ff. names for, 23 organ of, 60 organization of, 27 ff. poverty of, 14 qualities of, 1 sensitiveness of, 43, 53 stimulus for, 92 ff., 105

Taste buds, characteristics of, 78 structure of, 79, 82 function of, 107, 114

Temperature, effect of, 58, 99

Thorndike, 188

Threshold, of taste sensation, 44

Time, relations, 55 of reaction, 57

Tongue, as sense organ, 9, 21, 61, 120 structure of, 65 movements of, 67, 103, 105 function of, 103

Touch, sense of, 9, 12, 19

Valentin, 45

Vegetables, taste of, 16

Vocabulary, of taste, 23

Volta, 101

Water, taste of, 150

Woodworth, 18, 41

Wundt, 8, 41, 142

Transcriber’s Notes: Missing or obscured punctuation was silently corrected. Typographical errors were silently corrected. Inconsistent spelling and hyphenation were made consistent only when a predominant form was found in this book.

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