Essays about: "taste stimuli"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words taste stimuli.

  1. 1. Collecting the Environment : A Cultural and Aesthetic Historical Analysis of Mushroom Collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the Present

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Nicole Miller; [2022]
    Keywords : Collecting; Mushrooms; Aesthetics; Environment; History; Sweden; Exhibitions; Natural History; Visual Culture; Fungi; Phenomenology; Ethnomycology; Mycorrhizal Metaphor; Mushroom Time; Collecting the Environment; Nature; Mushroom picking; foraging; aesthetic experience; Svampar; Natur; Sverige; Svamputställningar; visuell kultur;

    Abstract : The aim of this project is to investigate a cultural history of mushroom collecting in Sweden from the 19th century to the present with a focus on connections between aesthetics and the environment.  Collecting is defined broadly as gathering, storing, and accumulating. READ MORE

  3. 2. EMPHATIC ABSENCE : Investigating the emotional response to contrast, by means of chiaroscuro

    University essay from KTH/Ljusdesign

    Author : MARIA PAPAPANAGIOTOU; [2020]
    Keywords : light; darkness; chiaroscuro; contrast; art; paintings; architecture; emotional response; subjective perception;

    Abstract : Personal preference to darkmospheres , light corners & generally high contrasted views and spaces, as well as a curiosity of investigating other opinions & responses, were the driving force for conducting this survey. Regarding my subjective perception and since, after all,  the matter of taste and subjectivity is quite strong in this kind of investigations, I’ve always found solace in environments that were staged with different segments of light and darkness; whenever I was in a room, I would immediately turn off the general lighting and turn on different and multiple other light sources, trying to combine atmospheres and, of course, keep some intact dark corners. READ MORE

  4. 3. THE NEURODEGENERATION PROCESS IN THE STRIATUM OF MICE EXPOSED TO OBESOGENIC DIETS

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Examensarbeten i molekylärbiologi

    Author : Ankita Talukdar; [2020]
    Keywords : Biology and Life Sciences;

    Abstract : Obesity and diabetes are known to impact brain function and alter metabolism. Studies in rodents show that consumption of high fat and high sugar diets lead to brain dysfunction affecting memory and cognition, and increases risk of cerebro-vascular and neurodegenerative disorders. READ MORE

  5. 4. Analys av en örtträdgårds stressreducerande egenskaper

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Oskar Widmark; [2018]
    Keywords : natur; stressreducering; offentligt rum; Rosendal; trädgård; miljöpsykologi;

    Abstract : Uppsatsen syftar till att, med bakgrund i miljöpsykologiska teorier, identifiera stressreducerande kriterier för en örtträdgård som kan verka stressreducerande i en örtträdgård. Mer specifikt är syftet i detta arbete att kritiskt granska hur en planerad örtträdgård på Stiftelsen Rosendals Trädgård i Stockholm fyller dessa kriterier. READ MORE

  6. 5. Effects of an odor or taste stimulus applied to an artificial teat on the suckling behavior of newborn dairy calves

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

    Author : Maria Malidaki; [2017]
    Keywords : Artificial teat; dairy calves; glucose; non-nutritive suckling; olfactory stimuli; suckling behavior; suckling motivation; suckling preference; taste stimuli;

    Abstract : In their first days of life, dairy calves in artificial rearing systems often have difficulty using an artificial teat for feeding. I examined the age at which calves are able to stand up and suckle without lifting assistance, as well as their suckling behavior when presented with a plain dry teat versus a dry teat modified with a presumably attractive odor or taste substance. READ MORE