Taste

Taste is one of the traditional five senses and refers to the ability to detect the flavor of foodstuffs and other substances (e.g. poisons). In humans and many other vertebrate animals the sense of taste partners with the sense of smell, in the brain's perception of flavor. Classical taste sensations include sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. More recently, psychophysicists and neuroscientists have suggested other taste categories (umami and fatty acid taste most prominently.)