Which statement BEST illustrates the role of top-down processing in taste perception?

A) Having a head cold diminishes a wine drinker's ability to judge flavour.
B) Smelling the wine aids a wine drinker's ability to judge flavour.
C) Knowing the wine's price affects a wine drinker's perception of its flavour.
D) Wines that activate umami receptors will be judged as more savory than wines that do not.


C) Knowing the wine's price affects a wine drinker's perception of its flavour.

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