Taste cues regulate immediate feeding behavior, but their ability to modulate future behavior
has been less well studied. Pairing one taste with another can modulate subsequent feeding …

Taste is an early stage in food and drink selection for most animals [1, 2]. Detecting
sweetness indicates the presence of sugar and possible caloric content. However, sweet …

The brain generates internal representations that translate sensory stimuli into appropriate
behavior. In the taste system, different tastes activate distinct populations of sensory …

Animals use gustatory information to assess the suitability of potential food sources and
make critical decisions on what to consume. For example, the taste of sugar generally …

Peripheral detection of tastants allows animals to detect the dietary value of food and its
potential toxicity. Many tastants such as sugars and fats elicit reflexive appetitive responses …

A single sensory cue can elicit diverse behavioral responses. For example, the taste of
sugar robustly promotes feeding1, 2 but also influences other behaviors, such as altering …

In the gustatory systems of mammals and flies, different populations of sensory cells
recognize different taste modalities, such that there are cells that respond selectively to …

Sensory cues relevant to a food source, such as odors, can be associated with post-
ingestion signals related either to food energetic value or toxicity. Despite numerous …

Tastes typically evoke innate behavioral responses that can be broadly categorized as
acceptance or rejection. However, research in Drosophila melanogaster indicates that taste …

A fundamental question in sensory processing is how different channels of sensory input are
processed to regulate behavior. Different input channels may converge onto common …