The appreciation of wine by sommeliers: a functional magnetic resonance study of sensory integration.

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ID Serval
serval:BIB_8E15676C7BB3
Type
Article: article d'un périodique ou d'un magazine.
Collection
Publications
Titre
The appreciation of wine by sommeliers: a functional magnetic resonance study of sensory integration.
Périodique
Neuroimage
Auteur⸱e⸱s
Castriota-Scanderbeg A., Hagberg G.E., Cerasa A., Committeri G., Galati G., Patria F., Pitzalis S., Caltagirone C., Frackowiak R.
ISSN
1053-8119 (Print)
ISSN-L
1053-8119
Statut éditorial
Publié
Date de publication
2005
Volume
25
Numéro
2
Pages
570-578
Langue
anglais
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tPublication Status: ppublish
Résumé
We set out to investigate how the expertise of a sommelier is embodied in neural circuitry by comparing brain activity elicited by wine tasting with that found in naive drinkers of wine. We used fMRI to study 7 sommeliers and 7 age- and sex-matched control subjects to test the hypothesis that any difference in brain activity would reflect a learned ability to integrate information from gustatory and olfactory senses with past experience. A group analysis showed activation of a cerebral network involving the left insula and adjoining orbito-frontal cortex in sommeliers. Both these areas have been implicated in gustatory/olfactory integration in primates. In addition, activation was found bilaterally in the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, which is implicated in high-level cognitive processes such as working memory and selection of behavioral strategies. Naive individuals activated the primary gustatory cortex and brain areas, including the amygdala, implicated in emotional processing.
Mots-clé
Adult, Brain Mapping, Cerebral Cortex/physiology, Humans, Learning/physiology, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Male, Nerve Net, Taste/physiology, Wine
Pubmed
Web of science
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11/09/2011 18:24
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20/08/2019 14:52
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