Effect of background noise on food perception

By Andrew T. Woods, Ellen Poliakoff, D. Lloyd, J. Kuenzel, R. Hodson, H. Gonda, J. Batchelor, G. Dijksterhuis, Anna Thomas. 2011

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Effects of noise and distraction on alcohol perception (2012, background): “Analogous to how audition can dominate over certain gustatory/olfactory processes in the perception of food (Woods et al., 2011; Zampini & Spence, 2004), the study here demonstrates a similar effect in alcohol.”
Assessing the influence of the multisensory environment on the whisky drinking experience (2013, background): “[16] for contradictory evidence suggesting that loud background noise actually suppresses ratings of both sweetness and saltiness).”
Slim by Design: Redirecting the Accidental Drivers of Mindless Overeating (2014, background): “Pleasant and familiar background music reduces the perception of time duration (Garlin & Owen, 2006; Morrin, Chebat, & Gelinas-Chebat, 2009) and music distracts from the sensations coming from eating the food itself, which further impairs monitoring (Woods et al., 2011).”
Assessing the impact of the tableware and other contextual variables on multisensory flavour perception (2012, unknown): “Meanwhile, other researchers have suggested that loud noise/music may simply “mask” taste perception [59], although it remains something of an open question as to whether the phenomenon of crossmodal masking actually exists [60].”
Noise and its impact on the perception of food and drink (2014, background): “[21] conducted two laboratory-based experiments designed to assess the impact of presenting loud versus quiet background noise (75–85 dB vs.”