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Smell
Wake up and smell the coffee. Throughout history, humans have used smell to identify food, danger, and opportunity. Scent continues to modulate our behavior and affiliations, exerting a major influence on tastes and personality.
Using neuroscience to tune your work environment to your body, one physical sense at a time.
What if the workplace was designed for the human brain—not just the bottom line? Our new series explores how our brains experience work through the five senses, and what that means for the places, spaces, and experiences we create. Each month, we’ll unpack neuroscience insights and unexpected resources to help your environment and your brain work better, together.
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Sight
The eyes are the window to the soul, with 80% of our environmental impressions gathered through sight. Personal and cultural layers affect our preferences, while visuals such as color elicit a universal physiological response.
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Taste
This might be a bit of an acquired taste, but taste is intricately tied to memory and self-preservation. Our taste buds help the body select essential nutrients while avoiding harmful toxins, which impact wellness, energy, mood and more.
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Touch
It’s a touchy subject, but we receive information in myriad forms including pressure, temperature, vibration, pain and texture. Touch is the most diffused of the senses with its neural network located throughout the body.