sensory perception of taste

id: GO:0050909
name: sensory perception of taste
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The series of events required for an organism to receive a gustatory stimulus, convert it to a molecular signal, and recognize and characterize the signal. Gustation involves the direct detection of chemical composition, usually through contact with chemoreceptor cells. This is a neurological process.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0050913sensory perception of bitter taste
GO:0050914sensory perception of salty taste
GO:0050915sensory perception of sour taste
GO:0050916sensory perception of sweet taste
GO:0050917sensory perception of umami taste

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0007606sensory perception of chemical stimulus