09: Flavour

Is it all in the mind? In this episode with experimental psychologist Professor Charles Spence and food scientist @drjohnnydrain, we deep dive into our perception of flavour. Created from a heady mix of taste, expectation, context and our other senses, flavour can be manipulated and played with to enhance wellbeing, sustainability and even connection. We find out how flavour parts of the brain evolved to keep us safe. Why certain sounds and colours make chocolate taste sweeter. And how can you use fermentation to recreate this chocolate in a more sustainable way, without even using cacao? From fermentation to fungus, in this episode, we enter the world of flavour. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Unseen Being is a monthly show from Kinda Studios, talking with artists, scientists and each other about what’s happening inside our brains and bodies when we experience the world around us. Each month, Robyn and Katherine explore one of the most overlooked, unseen and intangible topics which shape how we feel, interact with each other and move through the world around us. Consider this a monthly audio handbook, curated by artists, neuroscientists and technologists – a critical guide to understand the wellbeing of experience in the current age. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.