Remarkably, the team finds that the degree to which these neurons respond when the fly is presented
different food odors — apple, mango, banana — predicts «incredibly well how much the flies will «like» a given odor,» says the lead author of the research paper, Jennifer Beshel, Ph.D., a postdoctoral investigator in the laboratory of CSHL Professor Yi Zhong, Ph.D..
They presented
a different food odor (e.g., pot roast), after participants saw a visual stimulus that was previously paired with a different odor (e.g., caramel).
Not exact matches
You can find a lot of
different textures, colors, and
odors in a baby's poopy diaper based on what he's eating (breast milk, formula, or solid
foods).
They deprived the flies of
food for one night, and exposed the hungry insects to two
different odors the next day.
To create
different identities of outcomes, the scientists used
odors corresponding to sweet and savory
foods.
«If the flies have
different food sources, they have
different bacteria and
different odors.