Neuroenology : : How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine /

Neuroenology : : How the Brain Creates the Taste of Wine / / Gordon Shepherd.

In his new book, Gordon M. Shepherd expands on the startling discovery that the brain creates the taste of wine. This approach to understanding wine's sensory experience draws on findings in neuroscience, biomechanics, human physiology, and traditional enology. Shepherd shows, just as he did in...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Shepherd, Gordon,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2016]
©2016
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (224 p.) :; 34 figures and diagrams
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Fluid Dynamics of Wine Tasting
  • 1. Sip and Saliva
  • 2. The Tongue: Moving the Wine
  • 3. Respiration and Wine Aromas
  • 4. The Pathway for Retronasal Airflow
  • 5. Swallow, Aroma Burst, and Finish
  • Part II. How Sensory Systems Create the Taste of Wine
  • 6. Sight
  • 7. Orthonasal Smell
  • 8. Orthonasal Smell
  • 9. Orthonasal Smell
  • 10. Touch and the Mouthfeel of Wine
  • 11. Taste Modalities and Wine Tasting
  • 12. Creating Taste Perception
  • 13. Retronasal Smell
  • 14. Retronasal Smell
  • 15. Retronasal Smell
  • Part III. How Central Brain Systems Create the Plea sure of the Taste of Wine
  • 16. Wine Tasting, Gender, and Aging
  • 17. Memory and Wine Tasting
  • 18. The Language of Wine Tasting
  • 19. Pleasure
  • 20. Practical Applications of Neuroenology to the Plea sure of Wine Tasting
  • Appendix: A Wine- Tasting Tutorial with Jean- Claude Berrouet
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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