JESSICA LEIBOWITZ

A PERSON DISTINGUISH FOODS WITHOUT THEIR SENSE OF SMELL?

CAN ONLY SENSE:

BITTER, SALTY, AND SAVORY

HAVE TROUBLE DISTINGUISHING SIMILAR FOOD

FIVE TYPES OF BABY FOOD, SPOON, BLIND FOLD

SUBJECT WAS FIRST BLIND FOLDED AS TO NOT BASE DECISIONS OFF COLOR OF FOOD.

EACH CONTAINER OF BABY FOOD WAS LABELLED WHAT THEY WERE BEFORE BEING OPENED

A SPOONFUL OF ONE BABY FOOD WOULD BE GIVEN TO SUBJECT TO BE TASTED WITH SMELL

SUBJECT'S GUESS AT EACH FOOD WAS RECORDED. THEN SUBJECT DRANK WATER

PROCESS WAS REPEATED FOR ALL FIVE FOODS

SUBJECT THEN PLUGGED THEIR NOSE AND REPEATED THE FEEDING STEPS

THE ORDER OF WHICH FOOD IS FED FIRST SHOULD BE CHANGED FROM SUBJECT TO SUBJECT

DATA SUPPORTED HYPOTHESIS