Open AccessTesting gustatory function using either a forced-choice or a non-forced-choice paradigm - Does it make a difference?
Author(s) -
Gerold Besser,
A. Prassl,
Christian A. Mueller,
Bertold Renner
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
rhinology (amsterdam. online)/rhinology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.275
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1996-8604
pISSN - 0300-0729
DOI - 10.4193/rhin19.021
Subject(s) - taste , two alternative forced choice , medicine , bitter taste , perception , audiology , modalities , taste disorder , cognitive psychology , psychology , neuroscience , social science , sociology
Recently more interest is evolving for research on gustatory function, also due to findings of â€extraoral†taste receptors with postulated participation in a pathogen detection network. Also, bitter taste function seems to be reduced in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis. For testing gustatory function â€taste strips†(TS) have been validated in a forced-choice (fc) and a non-forced-choice (nfc) paradigm and used in several studies. Purpose of the investigation was to evaluate possible differences of named modalities.