Smell and Taste

Demonstrate for yourself that smell enhances the sense of taste. While holding your nose, take a bite of a slice of apple, and then do the same with a slice of raw potato. You may find that you cannot taste much difference. If you think you do taste a difference, perhaps your expectations are influencing your response. Try the same thing, but close your eyes this time and have someone else feed you the slices. Can you still tell them apart? It’s also fun to do this little test with flavored jellybeans. They are still apt to taste sweet, but you may be unable to identify the separate flavors.