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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Erika Beras. Got a minute?
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2 .Lots of things influence how your dinner may taste to you:
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3 .how it's presented on a plate, how hungry you are and of course, your taste buds.
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4 .But researchers wanted to know if early courses, appetizers, influence the taste of a meal, and truly do whet your appetite.
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5 .Researchers had 64 volunteers eat one of two meals.
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6 .The meals were the same, bruschetta as an appetizer and an entree of pasta with garlic and oil.
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7 .The pasta that everyone got was prepared to be only so-so.
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8 .But some of the volunteers first got a bruschetta that was made to be mediocre, while the others got one that was stellar.
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9 .Then the volunteers rated the meals.
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10 .And people who ate the good appetizer thought their entree was even worse than did people who had the middling appetizer.
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11 .The study is in the journal Food Quality and Preference.
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12 .This work builds on previous studies that have focused on the perception of food and drink, and other sensory experience.
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13 .In one investigation for example, researchers found that hearing a loud sound first then makes a soft sound seem to sound even softer.
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14 .Researchers call this effect hedonic contrast, the perception or pleasure gained from something is affected by how it compares to other similar stimuli.
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15 .Maybe keep that fact in mind, or on the tip of your tongue, next time you plan your courses.
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16 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Erika Beras.
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