研究：餐具的颜色和形状会影响食物口感
<p>英国牛津大学的研究人员发现，餐具的大小、重量、形状及颜色均会对食物的口感产生影响；比如，用白色的勺子吃酸奶会觉得口感更好，而用刀取食奶酪会让其咸味更明显。研究人员表示，食物在被送到嘴里之前，大脑就已经对其口感做出了判断。他们发现，当餐具的重量和颜色与大脑预期一致时，食物的口感也会随之被影响。比如，用平时吃甜点的小勺子吃东西，食物尝起来会更甜；用白色的勺子吃白色的酸奶会觉得酸奶更甜。研究人员指出，我们对食物的品尝过程是一个多重感官体验的过程，包括味觉、食物的口感、香味以及眼睛的观感。</p><p><span word="Our">Our</span> <span word="perception">perception</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="tastes">tastes</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="influenced">influenced</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="cutlery">cutlery</span>, <span word="research">research</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span>.</p><p><span word="Size">Size</span>, <span word="weight">weight</span>, <span word="shape">shape</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="color">color</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="effect">effect</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="flavor">flavor</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Oxford">Oxford</span> <span word="team">team</span>.</p><p><span word="Cheese">Cheese</span> <span word="tastes">tastes</span> <span word="saltier">saltier</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="eaten">eaten</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="knife">knife</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="fork">fork</span>; <span word="while">while</span> <span word="white">white</span> <span word="spoons">spoons</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="yoghurt">yoghurt</span> <span word="taste">taste</span> <span word="better">better</span>, <span word="experiments">experiments</span> <span word="show">show</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="journal">journal</span> <span word="Flavour">Flavour</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="brain">brain</span> <span word="makes">makes</span> <span word="judgments">judgments</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="goes">goes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mouth">mouth</span>.</p><p><span word="More">More</span> <span word="than">than</span> 100 <span word="students">students</span> <span word="took">took</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="experiments">experiments</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="influence">influence</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="weight">weight</span>, <span word="color">color</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="shape">shape</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="cutlery">cutlery</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="taste">taste</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="weight">weight</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cutlery">cutlery</span> <span word="conformed">conformed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="expectations">expectations</span>, <span word="this">this</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="food">food</span> <span word="tastes">tastes</span>.</p><p><span word="For">For</span> <span word="example">example</span>, <span word="food">food</span> <span word="tasted">tasted</span> <span word="sweeter">sweeter</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="spoons">spoons</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="traditionally">traditionally</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="serve">serve</span> <span word="desserts">desserts</span>.</p>
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