What happens in your brain when you taste food | Camilla Arndal Andersen

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With fascinating research and hilarious anecdotes, neuroscientist Camilla Arndal Andersen takes us into the lab where she studies people's sense of taste via brain scans. She reveals surprising insights about the way our brains subconsciously experience food -- and shows how this data could help us eat healthier without sacrificing taste.
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[@TheLivirus]

"We know that there are those five basic tastes, but we strongly suspect that there are more." Thank you! I find it really difficult to accept that the complexity of flavors I experience is just a combo of salt, sweet, sour, bitter, umami.

[@boaz2816]

I think it may very well be possible that there are more types of flavour receptors, but as briefly discussed in this video, the way we experience all those different tastes is probably also formed by sensory information from different types of receptors (sight, touch, smell etc) and the interpretation in our brain formed by all those connections and higher brain functions.

[@TheLivirus]

@@boaz2816 Yes, I agree. Sometimes intuition isn't the best guide. A typical analogy is our perception of colors. We can trick our brain to perceive any visible wavelength of EM radiation using only three discrete wavelengths, as exploited in RGB displays. The reason is our perception of colors is based on the relative activation of only three receptors, each of which responds to a certain overlapping range of wavelengths.

[@ceciliaspears161]

Absolutely fascinating! I've thoroughly enjoyed this talk!

[@ayman-hosny1]

I am translating this piece for TED. Once it is available I wish be useful for all Arabic speakers and even others interested in.

[@ferahsenaydin165]

It was a wonderful presentation. Neurosicence has obviously brought us so much useful information about how our brain works. Dr Andersen beautifully exemplifies this for us here. Thank you!

[@hafizenurtasdelen]

yes,I agree with you :)

[@YouAndImpact]

Mindblowing information along with straight facts! The science behind how we taste the food is so complicated. I really liked the blind spot bias thing.😂

[@agendafocus]

Having undergone cancer radiation treatments in the throat + base of tongue area : it compromised taste buds - saliva production to a great extent , of course all affecting food enjoyment level - SO I started enjoying food tastes by simply remembering what it did taste like when I had them previously, also enjoying taste by SMELLING odors, and through my friend eating his meal with enjoyment = we have all kinds of extra-sensory abilities, still to be explored !!

[@alurnima]

Good comment. Stay well. Similar with Kids they will see you enjoy something and immediately want it or share it.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

i egt your meaning, i say "i take a placebo everyday" i've had good health all my life.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

i mean, i think the brain can be used to overcome preconceptions about almost anything.

[@captainrex9646]

I had the same theory but as a teenager i wasn’t sure so i checked on KZbin and found this video. It’s funny that the brain is similar but always works or think differently yet it looks like most other brains. I’m happy the brain gives us things like, opinions, ideas and more. Because it creates our personality and makes us different. Because everyone is different, even if our body and organs are the same, we all are different, and different is good, it makes us, who we are. (This kinda turned into a motivation comment but good video!)

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Incredible presentation!

[@fredgotpub871]

This short lecture was pleasant !

[@TheOldMayfieldPlace]

The placebo effect is very real. This was a very interesting talk. Thank you.

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It's been a long time since I saw such a truly interesting Ted talk. Thank you!

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A ted talk i felt i would find boring but watched the whole wait through and found fascinating

[@lemphl]

good talk :) somehow strangely relatable and greatly understandable

[@ppeterzhong]

This is a good kind of research that can deliver real benefits to all people. I hope that we can figure out why I just like crispy fried food (e.g. fish and chips) at the first place. I still sneak them into my mouth even after knowing that they are not healthy.

[@leslieleslie5849]

So wonderful..

[@wambuiwainaina6696]

Honestly I jus saw the word food

[@rayyanalwaneen6]

this was amazing! simultaneously humorous and informative. how Camilla sees this comment

[@rayyanalwaneen6]

edit: hope

[@robsonneves6189]

@@rayyanalwaneen6 You can edit a comment by clicking on the 3 dots on the right side of the comment and choosing "edit"

[@learninfact9281]

@@robsonneves6189 Thanks For Augmenting the things willy-nilly.

[@gloweejay9015]

Woooow so real and inspiration...I would like to come see this live...... please help me..

[@kirstinstrand6292]

Perhaps someone could do: "What happens to our BRAINS when we eat sugar?" (We crave more).

[@NightcorEDM]

And become america

[@kirstinstrand6292]

Yes, become an obese American...become popular!

[@kathleendexter5999]

Agreed, Kirstin. As an obese American (formerly morbidly obese, currently recovering from bilateral latissimus dorsi breast reconstruction as of 10/23/19, after bilateral mastectomy after surviving HER2+ IDC w/Mets Stage 3, Class C and Type 2 Diabetic) my diseases are in full remission. I was a sugar addict. No longer. My husband and I just enjoyed a couple of tablespoons of my homemade Ketogenic-friendly vanilla praline crunch ice cream made with vanilla beans/seeds, egg yolks, heavy cream and Keto-friendly sweetener. Vanilla does NOT taste sweet, but the sweetness IS associated with sweet. I use an 1/8 of the amount of sweetener (compared to how I used to make full-sugar ice cream), but it’s delicious, rich and satisfying...but no longer cravable by our brains...there’s no sugar addiction.

[@LuxiBelle]

Sugar, cocaine, what's the difference

[@wildedibles819]

That is a great idea

[@jamabarker4051]

I was thinking about the 6th taste, oil/fat, and then, at the end, you mentioned it! Bravo! 👏👏👏👏💕

[@trials6502]

Yeah, I wouldn't say that fat is a 6th taste, although oils do have a unique flavor: the flavor just seems to be a mix of the 3 out of 5 sensations.

[@jamabarker4051]

@@trials6502 I don't believe it's all about the flavor of oil. We taste, bitter, sour, salty, sweet, spicey (umami).. it's the way it settles on the tongue. Take butter for instance, yes, it may be salty, or sweet or spicy hot or not, but the way it melts on the tongue and the feel of the oiliness. We sense it's oil, fat or grease ~

[@trials6502]

@@jamabarker4051 Just a unique texture then, not a seperate flavor.

[@nikita6995]

Actually we all are searching for happiness, if one contemplates happiness somewhere even bitter foods, one will find it tasty, this is what a saint Swami Mukundananda says, he is highly educated too, an IIT, IIM passout.

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Yeah @lateblossom , I have this sort of feeling since last month.Now, barrages of good talks are on the right track without going astray.I watch every TedTalk willy-nilly.

[@BenjaminBjornsen]

lol, drinking coffee to relax is the same as smoking weed for energy

[@suryahr307]

You know the facts, so it's working for you. But people who actually think for a fact that coffee relaxes them, it works too because that's what they believe.

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Nice humor, Madam :)

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I wonder what goes on in the minds of those who say, we just appeard by chance and evolved!

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is there any contact way to Mrs. Camilla Arndal Andersen ?

[@jasumin.tomorrowisstoday]

I can hear all words clearly, but the problem is some words I've not ever known, so I can understand ~60% of the talk

[@trials6502]

As much as I love biochemistry: I would leave this one to nature. Additives already became a problem for public freedom's, as to did shirts and waistlines. Now- you want to enhance the taste of food some more? I can see this becoming a serious problem as soon as some greedy company gets the results back from this research. Rather than help people by fooling their senses, one could, possibly, reduce the production of such foods to begin with while simultaneously reducing waste and pollution? Or you know what: Make vegetables taste like chicken and cleanse the world once and for all!

[@roro-mm7cc]

its this bizarre and widely held myth that just because something is natural it is more healthy than something artificial .. this is not the case at all we have plenty of natural chemicals that are bad and artificial chemicals that are benign or even good for you.. after all - all nature is is just chemistry.. a complex mixture of chemicals which themselves can be isolated. There are things that are terrible for you found in plants eg morphine and heroin are natural found in opium poppies. We need to get away from this myth that something being natural is inherently better for you.. its just not true. When you realise this, the huge potential benefits to society by eliminating sugar from diet by making 0 calorie but safe alternatives would be incredible.. like next level amazing - the biggest killer in the world is sugar.. billions of people have died from diseases caused by excessive sugar consumption. eg heart disease, diabetes,, heart attacks ect ect. more ppl die from sugar than all the illegal drugs combined so actually yeh my example of heroin being a nasty natural chemical is nothing in comparison to the natural chemical sugar.. there is no comparison actually. a few thousands die from heroin whereas 100s of millions die from sugar.

[@Margar02]

I don't understand how eliminating the chewing and swallowing aspect of the food helps? Texture is a huge part of enjoying a food or not. I can love broccoli, but I like it less when it's mushy rather than overcooked, even though the taste is the same.

[@kukloprdos]

Heck, I would just make a room with like 1000 yagi antennas pointed at each other... to make like a 500 RF lines,... because that brain wave device looked sort of terrible...

[@sirawesomeness7543]

“What happens to your brain when you taste food” *how it feels to chew five gum memes play*

[@_BangDroid_]

Literally the first thing I thought

[@raquel5121]

hi

[@yashwardhanbhati2901]

Why I fall in love occasionally?

[@HarryNicNicholas]

i think she just redefined "cheating wife".

[@RadicalMarijuana]

Scientific knowledge like this will mostly be applied to make Profit From Junk Food systems more profitable.

[@ivotenotocensorship5247]

You are beautiful. Especially because the opening was coffee related. Yum!

[@traceyhills8072]

Years ago I tried it on my now ex-husband. I bought a huge tin of normal instant coffee which he liked. As time went on I kept the tin and added more and more de-caff coffee which he said tasted so awful that he couldn't possibly drink it, it was disgusting. After he'd been on pure de-caff for weeks, I told him. He didn't laugh like the speaker's husband, he felt tricked (yeah okay he was!) and that I had somehow got one over on him and made him look a fool (no he did that all himself when he threw his toys out of the pram....). Yup, point proved but it didn't stop him saying de-caff was disgusting - oh look cognitive dissonance...... He just sulked for a couple of WEEKS.......sad man....

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❤

[@ali.faris.]

أرجو ترجمته إلى اللغة العربية.

[@cirrusfloccus6080]

I mean, I can taste fat and I find it pretty disgusting. I also find sugar pretty disgusting. (Both just in high amounts obviously.) Somehow my body just seems to know what's good for him. People always ask me how I manage to basically just eat healthy stuff and I'm just sitting here like "??? you mean, you don't instantly get happy when you eat a salat or roasted veggies with rice???" :D

[@pianoman7753]

How come umami has literally never come up in the entire time Ive been alive

[@threefiddyone]

I thought she just made a up that word as a joke, but no one in the audience laughed so i had to look it up.

[@HarryNicNicholas]

luckily i've been to japan, highly recommended.

[@yashwardhanbhati2901]

Why Camilla Arndal Anderson is so beautiful?

[@HarryNicNicholas]

she's genetically modified.

[@lavkmr1]

Things move camilia 😂

[@learninfact9281]

What is at the core of her accent like this ? I'm totally intrigued by her bold statements and totally hooked to her voice.

[@Sheeshening]

I would encourage people to watch Sam Harris TED talk on free will after this. It’s quite complimentary

[@sahinyasar9119]

I feel happines to eat food when i was trying to do water fast This is just crazy And now 16 day of water fast to me TED you know people

[@sahinyasar9119]

@Karan Yes

[@sahinyasar9119]

@Karan This not so suprising thing you know There is many videos about water fasting in youtube and many of them did past 30 day

[@sahinyasar9119]

@Karan What kilo are you now?

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@Karan Then you dont need water fast at all because when i started i was 98 kg and now 83 kg I think you will be more healty with your now

[@sahinyasar9119]

@Karan Then good luck but dont push too hard

[@yashwardhanbhati2901]

What happens to our brain while dreaming

[@AAR1pri]

I wonder about that also.

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

I'm guessing it would similar to when you're awake.

[@n.randall6152]

Well they always say the key to a mans heart is threw his stomach..

[@HarryNicNicholas]

"through" the way to my heart is via the dictionary, etymological preferably.

[@fredgotpub871]

You rip him, threw away the stomach to get to his heart ? Psychopath...

[@__-tz6xx]

You know you can test the taste of a cookie. But can you test nookie with a hydrogel rubber?

[@EgoBruiser]

came here just to make a comment... i self edited... have a nice day 🤭😂

[@namekita2913]

Have a nice day too👍

[@HarryNicNicholas]

smell the coffee...

[@raquel5121]

alguém fala português ALGUÉM

[@milevaeinstein2199]

💞💞💞.

[@johnmivule-novabow8143]

*YOU GET A WILD SENSATION*

[@VsoundPiano]

she looks like scarlett johansson

[@yashwardhanbhati2901]

How to have lucid dreams?

[@olafcreed4726]

Did they measure whether the same tastes yielded the same brain scan results by a single person? Hmm

[@Lunareon]

For the longest time, I wondered why the Coke in one of my favourite restaurants tasted better than elsewhere...then I found out it was Pepsi all along. I'd been fooling myself all those years. xD On a more serious note, please stop adding artificial sweeteners to everything, or at least label products which contain them properly and visibly. They taste absolutely disgusting to me, and yes, I _can_ tell. It's super annoying to have to double check ingredient lists every time I buy something sweet. I've had to throw away so many beverages because I've missed the small print or the e-code, and then I can't drink it because it tastes so foul. What a waste. x_x

[@Ak_guy907]

All the coffee roasters are giving this a thumb down

[@fran6b]

Making healthier... and more addictive food, yeah. Don't think the world needs "healthier" Doritos, for exemple.

[@user-rg8pb6rb1b]

🔥🔥

[@isabemx3817]

Español

[@learninfact9281]

Who watch the Ted Talks willy-nilly ?

[@rimpri]

I thought I could taste fat for some time already.

[@yashwardhanbhati2901]

Why I am so ugly!

[@lisi2004148]

Very funny

[@robertquentin6755]

I don’t drink coffee anyway......

[@theonenessoftime330]

We don't eat food. We eat an idea.

[@bjpcorp]

Mind control under the guise of tasty and healthier foods for all...

[@Asura249]

Fourth

[@Olivia-pe5vf]

no no no that's BS. I have a very sensitive palate. Bias doesn't make me like something. it's simply good taste.

[@_BangDroid_]

But what happens in your brain when you taste 5 Gum?

[@pedrofmbs]

I long for the days where people giving talks didn't felt the need to also be stand-up comedians.

[@amandalynn6663]

What's wrong with having a sense of humour?? You sound boring lol

[@pedrofmbs]

@@amandalynn6663 absolutely nothing wrong with it. Thank you.

[@amandalynn6663]

So then why the initial comment? Obviously you're free to speak your mind, but it's such a narrow-minded and suppressive thing to say. I appreciate humour in all things. It makes me, and others, pay attention and listen more eagerly.

[@alurnima]

Classic opener...and if its her personal story...I dont see any problem with some jokes 👍

[@Becca_Lynn]

Most people enjoy humor.

[@ssing7113]

OH SNAP. Oh no she didn’t!

[@mitchellsheppard2998]

Who's liking the video before they even see it

[@ivotenotocensorship5247]

@@andyvankerkhove6902 noooooooooo 😥😥😥🥺🥺🥺

[@mitchellsheppard2998]

@@andyvankerkhove6902 That's not really a fair assessment tho is it?

[@omarahmed-qr4fi]

Ffh

[@welkinator]

This was great! But it must be old: she never once mentioned "global warming" which is now required by TED from all presenters.

[@burrito-town]

There's a surprising lack of racists and male chauvinists in this comments section.

[@cashhawker1735]

Honestly I just saw the word food...

[@elhamatallah3086]

can somebody write the 6 main idea

[@yashwardhanbhati2901]

Whyyyyyyyyyy I get no response or reply

[@yashwardhanbhati2901]

@Fhuck China maybe a mental breakdown

[@sambraingotacrush9241]

Because....

[@amandalynn6663]

Get help please

[@yashwardhanbhati2901]

@@amandalynn6663 bad joke

[@user-xx7pg3vw9k]

or maybe we finally figure out that sythesizing tastes to mimick real food is a gateway to poor physical nebtal and emotional health. hey apples are pretty dang tasty, low calorie, high fiber, sustainable and no animal testing required...WTF...

[@dentrodomovimento965]

Create healthy food? WTF.

[@AM-dq1nv]

Is this really worth it?, When we are killing the planet already shouldn't we be more concerned about that first

[@alurnima]

Synthesized/enhanced Food or in general Nutrition can optimize a lot...probably. Like we did with our plants and animals for millenia just much more sophisticated/enhancend trough Computing Power :)

[@decaturt-bird4142]

🎭This evention that she's attempting to create becomes too dangerous in a the future 🤔 please reconsider. At least put laws in place before it's released

[@danieljohnson493]

I wonder how big of a grant she is hoping to get to prove that humans can taste fat.

[@ryandoherty9696]

Feel like I’m watching a 2010 Talk...old news & old delivery.

[@JeffCfreeradiorevolution]

What happens to your brain when you watch Ted???? It rots..

[@amandalynn6663]

More like TV. Ted is actually informative.

[@PaulSmith-pf2uq]

Typical woman. Tricking her husband and calling it an experiment. PFFFFFFFFFFFH!

[@Cronos804]

given that we are all just meat computers, literally every single one of you knows exactly what happens in your brain when you taste food.

[@alurnima]

I wish...i can never get a clear Log on this useless Meat--Computer-Machine!

[@NguyenTuan-fl5ye]

Anyone here to learn English lol

[@tiffanyvalencia8415]

You're a NEUROSCIENTIST and can't afford to fit a more quality coffee into your family budget?!

[@indianentrepreneur3939]

Ur lecture was boring 😂