Editing Stimulus modality (section)

=== Perception ===
Perceptions of taste is generated by the following sensory afferents: [[gustatory]], [[olfactory]], and [[somatosensory system|somatosensory]] fibers.  Taste perception is created by combining multiple sensory inputs. Different modalities help determine perception of taste especially when attention is drawn to particular sensory characteristics which is different from taste.<ref name = "small">{{cite journal|last=Small|first=Dana M.|author2=Prescott, John |title=Odor/taste integration and the perception of flavor|journal=Experimental Brain Research|date=19 July 2005|volume=166|issue=3–4|pages=345–357|doi=10.1007/s00221-005-2376-9|pmid=16028032 |s2cid=403254 }}</ref>