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Beidler’s fundamental taste equation, relating response magnitude and stimulus concentration, was found to be a useful means of expressing data derived from chemoreception experiments with man. Seven L-amino acids and glycine were studied over a wide range in concentration. To a first approximation, the data are in accord with Beidler’s taste equation. Interestingly, the change in free energy (ΔF) for each stimulus was found to be small, in agreement with earlier published conclusions that the initial step in chemoreception is most likely one of adsorption. Several means of depicting these data are evaluated and their contribution to a better understanding of chemoreception is discussed.
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A part of this material was presented by the senior author at the 23rd International Congress of Physiological Sciences in Tokyo, September 1965.
An erratum to this article is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.3758/BF03210063.
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Stone, H., Oliver, S.M. Beidler’s theory and human taste stimulation. Perception & Psychophysics 1, 358–360 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03207408
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