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All the Feels: How Texture Makes Taste

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How to Measure Texture in the Mouth

In the past, scientists came up with a bunch of different devices to try to measure texture. People have even developed entire model tongues with little bobbly knubbles on them. But George had an idea: Why not measure it in the mouth with a microphone? The resulting sound recordings and compare them to how people described the texture of the food they were eating.

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