Three-Year-Old-Joshua Spits Out His Broccoli,scrunches His Face and Shouts,"Yuck!" His

question 116

Multiple Choice

Three-year-old-Joshua spits out his broccoli,scrunches his face and shouts,"Yuck!" His mother can't understand why he has such a distaste for broccoli,because she finds it to be rather bland.Why might Joshua and his mother have such different reactions to the taste of broccoli?

• A)As we get older,the overall number of taste buds decreases.
• B)The orbitofrontal cortex loses a significant number of neurons as we age.
• C)Myelinated axons connecting to the medulla become unmyelinated as we age.
• D)Hyperstimulation of taste buds in young children may produce the sensation of burning.

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