Red with anger or feeling blue? The link between color and emotion, with Domicele Jonauskaite, PhD

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“Sharenting”: What happens when children's lives are shared online? With Keneisha Sinclair-McBride, PhD

From ultrasound photos to graduation pictures, many parents share their children's lives online. For some families, these posts help maintain connections with friends and relatives or build supportive parenting communities. But what does it mean for children to grow up with a dig ...  Show more

Multisensory perception: How sight, sound and touch shape what we taste, with Charles Spence, PhD

Why does seafood taste better at the beach? Why are so many snacks crunchy? Can the color of a room or the music in the background change the way we experience what we eat and drink? Charles Spence, PhD, head of the Crossmodal Research Laboratory at the University of Oxford, disc ...  Show more

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