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BRAIN GAMES

SENSITIVE
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Unlike the other senses, smell and taste
function by detecting chemical substances.
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with varying degrees
sense of taste? Seeing is believing!
of taste and flavor
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Step 1
Ask the first volunteer too sample
the food, rinsing his or her mouth
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out with water in between tastes. Step 1 Step 2
Record the responses. Ask an adult to help you Put a blindfold on the first
make the Jell-O. When person, making sure he or
they have set, place she does not see the Jell-O
them on a plate. beforehand. Then ask your
Step 2 f i friend to taste and identify the
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Repeat Step 1 with the flavors. Record the results.
second volunteer, but this
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his or her nose closed. Who
had a better sense of taste?
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When you can’t smell what
you are eating, it is harder to
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food often tastes bland.
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