Background Noise Affects Taste of Foods 79
gollum123 writes "The level of background noise affects both the intensity of flavour and the perceived crunchiness of foods, researchers have found. Blindfolded diners assessed the sweetness, saltiness, and crunchiness, as well as overall flavour, of foods as they were played white noise. While louder noise reduced the reported sweetness or saltiness, it increased the measure of crunch. It may go some way to explaining why airline food is notoriously bland — a phenomenon that drives airline catering companies to season their foods heavily. In a comparatively small study, 48 participants were fed sweet foods such as biscuits or salty ones such as crisps, while listening to silence or noise through headphones. Also in the group's findings there is the suggestion that the overall satisfaction with the food aligned with the degree to which diners liked what they were hearing — a finding the researchers are pursuing in further experiments."
a study brought to you (Score:3, Funny)
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Silicon chips are crispier
Re:Synesthesia (Score:4, Funny)
Synesthesia is a fairly well understood defect in the brain.
Yeah, well at least my posts aren't hot pink.
This proves what I've long suspected... (Score:2, Funny)
...that people who listen to loud rock, rap, and hiphop have absolutely no taste.
Re:Beer? (Score:2, Funny)