by Charleene Closshey | Oct 11, 2026 | Sound & the Body
Can a song make your chocolate taste sweeter? For more than a decade, chefs, food scientists, and a few wonderfully daring restaurants have been “seasoning” food with sound. High, tinkling notes for sweetness. Low, brassy tones for bitterness. Something sparkling for...
by Charleene Closshey | Oct 10, 2026 | Sound & the Body
Here is the most convincing evidence I’ve found that sound reaches your gut: it can make digestion worse. Researchers once sat twenty-one people in front of a gastric recorder and played them hospital noise and traffic noise. The normal electrical rhythm of their...