The findings of recent research conducted by Professor Charles Spence and his team at the University of Oxford’s Crossmodal Research Laboratory has been published by several national newspapers and magazines in the US and UK.

A blog post in Scientific American relates Professor Spence’s findings on the relationships between different flavours and musical pitch in The Sound (and Taste) of Music: http://bit.ly/1z2By1M

The Washington Post published an article entitled The color of your coffee mug can change the way your coffee tastes: http://wapo.st/1yyZk2R

Meanwhile, the Daily Mail published an article under the headline: How listening to Eartha Kitt’s Santa Baby will improve your festive wine … but Mariah Carey and Elton John’s songs will make Christmas dinner taste WORSE: http://dailym.ai/1ukZQQz

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