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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2005 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Chem Senses. 2005 Mar 1;30(3):185–194. doi: 10.1093/chemse/bji014

Table 1.

Descriptors chosen for experiment 1

Metallic Other No sensation
Anterior tongue
    Battery 6 2 1
    Zinc penny 7 4 1
    Copper only 5 3 1
Medial tongue
    Battery 4 4 2
    Zinc penny 6 4 3
    Copper only 2 1 6
Inside upper lip
    Battery 0 4 5
    Zinc penny 2 2 6
    Copper only 0 1 9
Cheek
    Battery 0 2 8
    Zinc penny 1 1 7
    Copper only 1 1 8