and the secondary somatosensory area (i.e. the posterior insula) (Stephani et al., 2011). Small and Prescott (2005) postulated that taste, odour, and associated tactile sensations are integrated in these oral somatosensory areas, to produce a unitary flavour percept. In line with these findings, previous studies showed increased multisensory integration in older compared to young adults for visual–auditory stimuli (DeLoss et al., 2013 and Peiffer et al., 2009), as reflected in increased activity in posterior parietal integration areas in older adults