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. 2018 Aug 6;97(3):241–252. doi: 10.1002/jnr.24281

Table 1.

Participants' perceptual ability to discriminate each of the three taste pairs: Suc versus Asp (SA), Suc versus Mix (SM), and Asp versus Mix (AM)

Participant Sex SA SM AM Mean
1 F 2 2 1 1.7
2 F 1 4* 2 2.3
3 F 4* 2 3 3.0
4 F 3 2 1 2.0
5 F 2 2 3 2.3
6 F 1 1 2 1.3
7 F 4* 2 0 2.0
8 M 1 2 2 1.7
9 F 2 3 2 2.3
10 M 5** 1 4* 3.3
11 M 5** 4* 3 4.0
12 M 2 2 2 2.0
13 F 4* 2 2 2.7
14 F 1 2 1 1.3
15 F 4* 4* 3 3.6
16 M 1 0 2 1.0
17 F 5** 2 3 3.3
18 F 2 2 3 2.3
19 M 4* 4* 4* 4.0
20 M 1 1 5** 2.3
21 F 5** 3 2 3.3
22 M 3 4* 1 2.7
Mean 2.8 2.3 2.3

The number of correct identifications of 6 repetitions for each taste pair is shown for each of the 22 participants. Discrimination at a 10% significance level is indicated with one asterisk and at a 5% significance level with two asterisks (binomial distribution). The participants' sex is shown in the first row; female (F) and male (M).