ON THE TASTE THRESHOLDS OF THE JAPANESE

II. THRESHOLDS OF SWEET TASTE

Abstract

Solutions of purified saccharose of beet sugar were used for this purpose and the following results were obtained:
Individual variation is visualized in Fig. 1 (p. 122), in the Japanese report, where the frequency distribution against the threshold value is shown for both threshold of judgment (dotted line) and that of perception (full line), the upper diagrams referring to males and the lower ones to females. Higher sensitivity of females may be accepted as a general feature.