Lucy+D

Lucy D. 2011-2012
 * INVESTIGATING IF BEING BLINDFOLDED CHANGES THE TASTE BUDS **

The purpose of the experiment was to see if being blindfolded will change the taste buds and if the miracle fruit tablets actually change the taste buds. It was hypothesized that being blindfolded does change the taste buds and that the miracle fruit tablets don’t change the taste buds to from tasting sour food to sweet. The sense of sight helped the subjects to determine what flavor the candy was whether using Skittles, Lemon Heads, or Jolly Ranchers. The results of both of the experiments were that the miracle fruit tablets did change the sense of taste from sour to sweet. Also that the taste buds did change when the subjects were blindfolded. The experiment was conducted first with the not blindfolded part of the experiment. Then the blindfolded part of the experiment was conducted. Results were taken for these parts of the experiment. Then the miracle fruit tablet experiment was conducted. Each subject ate a miracle fruit tablet and then was given a lemon head to see if it changed the taste from sour to sweet.
 * ABSTRACT **

=EXPERIMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS = To extend my experiment I would open it up to different foods besides candy. I would also try plugging the ears to see if that affects your taste buds. To improve my experiment I would do separate experiments on just girls and the same for boys so it is more organized. 