All societies show a preference for animal foods and fats
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Occurs when food is toxic, so develop a dislike towards it after consumption and illness. Can also be odour of food. Can occur up to 24 hours after consumption
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Labatory experiment. Rats who were made ill through radiation shortly after eating Saccharin developeld an adversion to it and associated illness with Saccharin
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Any food given just before recovery iis prefferend in the future
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Labatory experiment. Distinctive flavour presented to a thiamine deficient rat, followed by a thiamine injection. Found that rat acquired a preference for thet flavour
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Associated with high energy. Reject sour/bitter taste as assossiated wiith poisons. Posses around 30 genes for bitter taste receptors. Wider scope to detect bitter tasting foods
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Neonates preferred sweet foods to bitter, Suggests innate preference. Jugded choice by choice preference and facial expressions
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found human tongue had specific receptors for recognising sweetness. More recpetors for sweetness than any other taste. Suggests sweet preference has prefered adaptive advantage, shaped by genetics and evolution
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Found Cooper Inuits were disgusted at the taste of sugar when they firt tried it. Shows not universal. Might be due to lack of exposure
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Children found to be more sensitve to bitter tastes
