0 Sander, D. 2008 Basic tastes and basic emotions: Basic problems, and perspectives for a nonbasic solution [commentary] Behavioral and Brain Sciences 31 1 88-88 olfaction, odor, taste, emotion, amygdala <p align="justify">Contemporary behavioral and brain scientists consider theexistence of so-called basic emotions in a similar way to the onedescribed by Erickson for so-called basic tastes. Commenting on this analogy, I argue that similar basic problems are encountered in both perspectives, and I suggest a potential nonbasic solution that is tested in emotion research (i.e., the appraisal model of emotion).</p>