Ashley

**Question** If you give a person the same drink will they say it tastes better or worse on its appearance?
 * Look Vs. Taste **

** Intro ** Looking at something my give you thoughts about what something tastes like even before you taste it. I want to know if people are really affected by appearance.

I think that the taste difference will not be that much of a difference. I think that a problem with doing it is that the test people will know already that they tasting the same things. Minute Maid Lemonade Diet Sprite Fresca Food Coloring Cups Paper Pencils Mostly what you see before you eat or drink it will give you some thoughts about how good or bad it tastes. Your taste buds though will taste the same exact thing without looking. But I wanted to know does it taste just a slight bit better or worse with its appearance. But when researched people when given a sample like to take the one that looks most appetizing.
 * Hypothesis **
 * Materials**
 * Background Research**

**Procedure** **1.** I go and get my two test subjects. After the test I figured out that my test subject BB, has consistent taste buds. I also figured out that my other test subject MB does not have consistent taste buds. During the test some of the ones that were colored, the test subjects thought looked cool. Though some of them thought, that they did not look good, because they really could not tell what they were drinking. My result show the appearance does affect the taste of the drink. Does appearance in food effect taste? Does smell effect taste? How are taste buds formed differently in every person?
 * 2.** I give six cups to each of them, two of everything, and one of them is colored.
 * 3.** Once I mix up the order of the drinks I ask them on a scale from 1 to 10, 10 being the best thing you’ve ever had, on appearance.
 * 4.** Once they drink it I ask them on scale 1 to 10, on taste.
 * Results**
 * Questions for further study**

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Researchers Define Molecular Basis of Human "Sweet Tooth" and Umami Taste - HUM-MOLGEN news." HUM-MOLGEN - International Communication Forum in Human Molecular Genetics

"Visual Perception 3." //Prifysgol Aberystwyth / Aberystwyth University//. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Jan. 2010

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I think that this important because I think I want to taste something on just its taste.
 * Conclusion**