For my experiment I choose four foods from each flavor area of taste buds. In my case I choose chocolate for sweet, lemon for sour, saltine crackers for salty and orange rind for bitter. while tasting these flavors you would have to do three things: first taste it as you normally would, then plug your nose while tasting it, and then while smelling a cotton ball with peppermint extract on it, you would taste it for the last time. I made a plan that I would survey people of different ages and genders to see if there where differences.

          I survived 15 people. 10 were female and  5 were male.  I divided them into 3 age groups  13-25, 26-50, and 51+. There were 9 in the 1st group, 4 in the 2nd group and 2 in the 3rd group.

          To understand the differences between the ages and genders I created a survey. The survey   asked the same questions for each flavor category. It questioned the people about what they tasted and how strong that taste was. It also asked them what types of food they enjoyed and if they are a picky eater.

         In asking these questions you can conclude many things. By asking if they were a picky eater I found out if I was right in saying that older people are less picky about what they eat because they have less taste buds. In doing the survey you couldn't actually find out how much they are really tasting or smelling, only enough to understand how smell affects taste.