Long Periods of Isolation Could Change the Way Food Tastes and Smells

This study aimed to help explain why meals taste different in space.

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A recent study found that confinement and isolation may impact how people perceive food aromas.

Researchers from RMIT University compared the perception and emotional responses of 44 people in two different environmental scenarios, microgravity (or zero gravity) and isolated confinement.