Background music enhances the taste of food

A bit of background music can be thoroughly enjoyable while eating — but can it also enhance the taste of the food?

Background music enhances the taste of food

Charles Spence, a professor of experimental psychology at the University of Oxford, has long been convinced it can.

He says the sounds around you — as well as the colour of the room — affect the flavours of what you eat.

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