cross adaptation

simple localisation

cross segregation

simple adaptation

Cross sensitivity

Exposure to a taste sensation in one part of the tongue increases the sensitivity to that taste across the rest of the tongue

Exposure to one taste sensation decreases the sensitivity to another test sensation

Exposure to a taste sensation in one part of the tongue decreases the sensitivity to that taste across the rest of the tongue

Exposure to one sensory modality (e.g. vision) affects the sensitivity of another sensory modality (e.g. taste)

Exposure to one taste sensation increases the sensitivity to another taste sensation

two classes of taste cells, called papillae and taste cells

two classes of taste cells, called inner and outer hair cells

three classes of taste cells, the two classes of taste cells, hair cells, the papillae, and the taste buds

three classes of taste cells, the Type I glial-like cell, the Type II receptor cell and the Type III presynaptic cell

three classes of taste cells, the Type I systems of nerve endings, the Type II system with receptor cells and the Type III presynaptic system with relay cells