I just learned I am a supertaster: someone who experiences taste with far greater intensity than the average person.  The term originates from the work of experimental psychologist Linda Bartoshuk who has spent much of her career studying genetic variation in taste. Bartoshuk is Director of Human Research at the University of Florida’s Center for Smell and Taste, where her work helps treat patients suffering from smell and taste disorders or loss of taste due to disease or cancer therapy.
Recently Peep had the chance to attend a research lecture hosted by the New York Academy of Sciences which may have [...]