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Originally Posted by maskedmelon [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

my brain does that with a lotta stuff, unless it is traumatized, then it becomes super difficult to make amends with the offending agent. google couldn't find anything on this for me though. it just said that psychopaths like bitter more and agreeable people like sweets more and sugar triggers dopamine (surprise!). I've lieked spicy stuff since I was little though. anyway, thanks!

Huh, disappointed in Google. Here's more on "hedonic reversal" (as apparently it is called):

Clearly you have to be exposed to it a lot of times. But normally you would never be exposed [to hot chilies] more than once. And the reason you're exposed to it a lot is because that's what the family's serving, so you just eat it. The experience of eating it a lot somehow converts what was an aversion to a preference.

What's going to the brain is the same; there's no change in the tongue or the mouth, so it's what we call a "hedonic reversal."

It's not just in food, but coffee is bitter, and there's a lot of foods that we eat that little kids don't like — beer, etc. But we also like amusement park rides, we like to be scared, we like to cry at movies. This is an example of a very common thing in humans.

I call it "benign masochism," which is to say that we learn to like things that our body rejects. And it's benign because it doesn't hurt us.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt...-we-once-hated