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Susan E Coldwell1, Julie A Mennella, Valerie B Duffy

  • 1University of Washington, School of Dentistry, Seattle, WA, USA. scoldwel@u.washington.edu

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The NIH Toolbox now includes taste assessment measures for children and adults, evaluating sweet and bitter perception. These validated gustatory tools aid in clinical and research studies of taste function across diverse age groups.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Sensory Science
  • Psychometrics

Background:

  • The NIH Toolbox for Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function (NIH Toolbox) is a comprehensive suite for evaluating neurological and behavioral functions.
  • Sensory function is a key domain within the NIH Toolbox, encompassing various sensory modalities.
  • Taste (gustatory) perception requires standardized, age-appropriate measures for broad applicability in research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce and validate gustatory measures for the NIH Toolbox.
  • To provide reliable assessments of taste perception in both pediatric and adult populations.
  • To integrate taste assessment into broader neurological and behavioral studies.

Main Methods:

  • Selection of two gustatory measures by a panel of taste perception experts.
  • Adaptation of a sucrose (sweet) taste preference measure for ages 5 to 85.
  • Implementation of a regional tongue testing method for quinine hydrochloride (bitter) perception in adults, with potential for other tastants like sodium chloride (salty).

Main Results:

  • The selected measures are suitable for a wide age range, from 5 to 85 years.
  • Validation studies confirm that the NIH Toolbox gustatory measures correlate with traditional taste assessments.
  • The measures successfully identify known population variations in gustatory perception.

Conclusions:

  • The NIH Toolbox now offers validated, brief measures for assessing gustatory function.
  • These tools enhance the capacity for studying taste perception in large-scale clinical, epidemiologic, and longitudinal research.
  • The inclusion of gustatory measures expands the NIH Toolbox's utility in understanding sensory function across the lifespan.