Sensory sciences: 2 online seminars

The Italian Society of Sensory Sciences (SISS) has organized two online seminars for its members, regularly enrolled, regarding individual variability in chemesthetic and somatosensory stimuli.

The seminar will be in English.

Program:

Wednesday 8^th July

9.30-10.15
Introduction to PROP Taster Status: variability in human bitter taste response to thiourea compounds
Caterina Dinnella, University of Florence

10.30- 11.15
Influences of TAS2R38 haplotypes and PROP phenotypes on intensity responses to oral stimuli
Caterina Dinnella, University of Florence

11.30-12.15
How to assess phenotype markers of oral acuity: PROP Taster status and fungiform papillae density
Caterina Dinnella and Lapo Pierguidi, University of Florence

12.15-12.30
Discussion
 

Thursday 9^th July

9.30-10.45
Electrophysiological recordings from the human tongue as a direct and objective evaluation of responsiveness to taste stimuli
Iole Tomassini Barbarossa and  Melania Melis, University of Cagliari

11.00 -12.15
Individual variation in texture perception
Caterina Dinnella

12.15-12.30
Discussion