The podcast explores loneliness in remote teams and how it relates to expressing our identity at work. The host shares a study about how smell can influence our perception of color. They discuss the connection between odors and colors, and how certain smells can shift our perception of colors.
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Expressing certain parts of our identity at work is important to combat loneliness in remote teams.
Smelling certain odors can influence how we perceive colors, although the exact mechanism is still unknown.
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Odors can distort perception of color
New research suggests that odors can impact how we perceive colors, although the reason behind this phenomenon remains unclear. The study involved 24 participants who had normal smell and color vision. The participants were exposed to five different odors (caramel, cherry, coffee, lemon, and peppermint) and asked to adjust the color of a patch on a screen to reproduce a neutral gray shade. The results indicated that the odors influenced the perceived gray color, with each odor shifting the color towards its associated hue.
The link between odors and color associations
Previous research has already explored the association between specific odors and colors. For example, caramel is often associated with dark brown-yellow, coffee with dark brown and red, and lemon with yellow-green, among others. The recent study found that when participants smelled these odors, their perception of gray shifted towards the associated hue. However, peppermint had a different effect, shifting the perceived gray towards brown-red, contrary to previous research. The exact mechanism behind these odor-color associations is still not fully understood.
Pilar has been thinking about how loneliness in remote teams sometimes has to do about not finding the opportunity to express certain parts of our identity that are only expressed at work, wherever that is.
As podcasters, we can find a space for different parts of ourselves to find an outlet!
Did you know that Pilar has a science degree? And she still thinks like a scientist, and enjoys science pieces, so today she shares this one: Smell changes how we see colour.