Origins of the taste map. That familiar but not-quite-right map has its roots in a 1901 paper, Zur Psychophysik des Geschmackssinnes, by German scientist David P Hänig. Hänig set out to measure ...

Everybody has seen the tongue map — that little diagram of the tongue with different sections neatly cordoned off for different taste receptors. Sweet in the front, salty and sour on the sides ...

The tongue taste map is WRONG: Flavours are actually perceived by neurons in the brain, scientists reveal. Scientists at Columbia University say brain not tongue decides taste ...

While the tip of the tongue is said to pick up on sweet flavors, you can lick a pretzel and taste salt or lick a lemon and taste sour. The tongue diagram that originated in 1901 is far from ...

There's considerable debate about the existence of a sixth taste receptor for fat, too. The tongue map dates back to research by a German scientist named D.P. Hanig, published in 1901.

The map’s mistakes are easy to confirm. If you place a lemon wedge at the tip of your tongue, it will taste sour, and if you put a bit of honey toward the side, it will be sweet.

The first sensory map of the fly equivalent of a tongue suggests that insects have discriminating taste -- perhaps trumping that of mammals in the ability to differentiate among bitter flavors.

Taste receptors for salty, sweet, bitter and sour are found all over the tongue. Tongue via www.shutterstock.com Everybody has seen the tongue map – that little diagram of the tongue with ...

The ability to taste sweet, salty, sour and bitter isn’t sectioned off to different parts of the tongue. The receptors that pick up these tastes are actually distributed all over.

Scientists at Columbia University say brain not tongue decides taste (stock image shown). They say our thousands of taste buds can all detect different flavours such as salty, sour and sweet.