Linda Bartoshuk

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Linda May Bartoshuk
Born1938 (age 86–87)
Aberdeen, South Dakota
Citizenship United States
Alma mater Carleton College
Brown University
Known for Supertaster
Burning Mouth Syndrome
Scientific career
Fields Psychology, Taste, Smell
Institutions University of Florida

Linda May Bartoshuk (born 1938) [1] is an American psychologist. She was born in rural South Dakota in 1938. [2] She is a Presidential Endowed Professor of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science at the University of Florida. [3] She is an internationally known researcher specializing in the chemical senses of taste and smell, having discovered that some people are supertasters. [4]

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Biography

Bartoshuk grew up in Aberdeen, South Dakota. [5] She received her B.A. from Carleton College and her PhD from Brown University. [6]

Her research explores the genetic variations in taste perception and how taste perception affects overall health. Bartoshuk was the first to discover that burning mouth syndrome, a condition predominantly experienced by postmenopausal women, is caused by damage to the taste buds at the front of the tongue and is not a psychosomatic condition. She was employed at Yale University prior to accepting a position at the University of Florida in 2005. Bartoshuk's work at Yale was funded through a series of NIH grants. [7]

She was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995. [1] In 2003, she was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. [5]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 "Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter B" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 18, 2006. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ Bohannon, John (2010). "A Taste for Controversy". Science. 328 (5985): 1471–1473. ISSN   0036-8075.
  3. ↑ "Bartoshuk - University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences". fshn.ifas.ufl.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-01.
  4. ↑ Conkle, Ann (2010-08-01). "Inside the Psychologist's Studio: Linda Bartoshuk". APS Observer. 23 (6).
  5. 1 2 "InterViews: Linda Bartoshuk". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on June 13, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ "On Blue Tongues, Undergraduates, and Science: An Interview With Linda M. Bartoshuk". Education Resources Information Center. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  7. ↑ Bartoshuk, Linda (2015). "Taste Psychophysics". Grantome.


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