The appreciation of wine by sommeliers: a functional magnetic resonance study of sensory integration. (Articolo in rivista)

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  • The appreciation of wine by sommeliers: a functional magnetic resonance study of sensory integration. (Articolo in rivista) (literal)
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  • 2005-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • Castriota-Scanderbeg A, Hagberg GE, Cerasa A, Committeri G, Galati G, Patria F, Pitzalis S, Caltagirone C and Frackowiak R (2005)
    The appreciation of wine by sommeliers: a functional magnetic resonance study of sensory integration.
    in NeuroImage (Orlando Fla., Print)
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  • Castriota-Scanderbeg A, Hagberg GE, Cerasa A, Committeri G, Galati G, Patria F, Pitzalis S, Caltagirone C and Frackowiak R (literal)
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  • Department of Radiology, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy; Laboratory of Functional Neuroimaging, IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy. (literal)
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  • The appreciation of wine by sommeliers: a functional magnetic resonance study of sensory integration. (literal)
Abstract
  • 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. (literal)
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