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by burnt-resistor 55 days ago
Possibly, yes. Perhaps the next steps will be to wrap the tongue completely or oral dam as a control.

Perhaps it's an evolutionary biological optimization (like anticipatory salivation) to release caloric / nutritional reserves sooner rather than wait until a digestion pathway is completed.

And I wonder if sweet taste stimulation by any or all artificial sweeteners also does something similar.