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- Why does scotch smell like Band-Aids (or Sharpies or hospitals, depending on whom you ask)? Science has the answer! [1 of 3]
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today’s Very Short List:
food 22 Jun 2012
by Zach Frechette, editorial director of VSL and founder of Quarterly. TWITTER WEBSITE
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- I’ve never smelled Band-Aids in scotch. Nor have I smelled colors or tasted sounds. But folks with synesthesia do just that. See this classic video. [2 of 3]
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- And try this experiment the next time you’re eating jelly beans to see just how much we rely on smell to inform our world. [3 of 3]
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- Images (in order): photo by Flickr user Gudlyf; screen grab of Synesthesia; photo by Flickr user Small_Realm.
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