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Neurobiologist Don Katz | Meeting the Minds

How tastes turn into feelings

Don Katz, in front of a picture of a cerebellum, believes that taste aversions are emotional, even social. Don Katz, in front of a picture of a cerebellum, believes that taste aversions are emotional, even social. (Dominic Chavez/Globe Staff)
By Billy Baker
Globe Correspondent / March 24, 2008

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In a lab at Brandeis University, Don Katz is trying to recreate spring break in rats. Or at least a particular spring break experience that, being March and all, is playing out at this very moment: college kid goes to warmer climate and drinks too much tequila; college kid gets very sick; when college kid tries to drink tequila again, ... (Full article: 810 words)

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