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SENSITIVE quinine taste responders, that is, subjects with low taste thresholds for quinine and other compounds the taste thresholds of which also follow a Gaussian distribution in a population9, are more particular in their choice of food1,2, react earlier and in response to smaller doses of systemic stimulants3 or tranquillizers4 and display faster reaction times as measured by the serial seven test5. There are also significantly fewer heavy cigarette smokers among sensitive quinine responders as a group if contrasted with an age and sex-matched population of subjects with high quinine taste thresholds1,6.
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CORLIS, R., SPLAVER, G., WISECUP, P. et al. Myers–Briggs Type Personality Scales and their Relation to Taste Acuity. Nature 216, 91–92 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/216091a0
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