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The Forum
Bridget Kendall presents an ideas discussion show which tackles the big questions of our age with some of the world's most eminent minds.
This week, a programme to test how strong your stomach is. Why is slimy slithery food so often unappetizing? And why do babies respond to bitter tastes by screwing up their noses?
We’ll be exploring disgust: when it’s a useful tool to keep us safe from disease and poisoning, and when it’s a gut reaction that could encourage risk-aversion and even predict the way we vote.Disgust [BBC World Service website]
Discussion panellists:
- Dr. John Prescott (author of Taste Matters)
- Dr. David Pizarro (psychologist)
- Dr. Iain Hutchison (Cranio-facial surgeon)
BROADCAST: Sat 13 October 2012
Play podcast: DISGUST
From the podcast:
Psychologist John Prescott on why rats show the same facial reactions to sweet and bitter taste as humans
And here’s some pictures of humans and rats showing the same facial expressions to bitter (quinine) and sucrose (sweet) on the tongue (with thanks to Jacob Steiner)
