The science of taste and smell with Rachel Herz

味觉与嗅觉的科学——与雷切尔·赫兹对话

WorkLife with Adam Grant

2025-07-22

34 分钟
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Do you hate the taste of cilantro and chocolate? You might be a super taster! Rachel Herz is a neuroscientist at Brown University who specializes in taste and smell. In this episode, Adam, Rachel, and Adam’s wife Allison Sweet Grant investigate the sources of their different food preferences, uncover the overlooked power of smell, and analyze the effects of the gene that can turn some people into picky eaters.  Follow Host: Adam Grant (Instagram: @adamgrant | LinkedIn: @adammgrant | Website: adamgrant.net/) Guest: Rachel Herz (Instagram | LinkedIn: @rachelherz | Website: rachelherz.com/)  Links Books: Why You Eat What You Eat (2019),  That’s Disgusting (2013), The Scent of Desire (2008) Subscribe to TED  Instagram: @ted YouTube: @TED TikTok: @tedtoks LinkedIn: @ted-conferences Website: ted.com Podcasts: ted.com/podcasts For the full text transcript, visit ted.com/podcasts/worklife/worklife-with-adam-grant-transcripts For a chance to give your own TED Talk, fill out the Idea Search Application: ted.com/ideasearch. Interested in learning more about upcoming TED events? Follow these links: TEDNext: ted.com/futureyou TEDAI Vienna: ted.com/ai-vienna Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • We are hardwired actually to find bitter bad and sweet good.

  • Now,

  • the problem of today's world is that we have an overabundance and easy access to all kinds of things that are sweet,

  • and overconsumption of those sorts of things is not healthy.

  • For years, people made fun of me for eating like a five-year-old.

  • Then I learned something that changed my understanding of my palate and might change yours, too.