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Re:Has wine gone bad? by andperseand on Tuesday May 15, 2018 @11:31PM (#17079824)
Can you tell the difference between someone saying 'faa' and 'baa'?

I feel like that study is probably an example of the McGurk effect.

Re:Has wine gone bad? by fenomas on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:22AM (#17079992)
Yeah - there's another study I recall reading about that measured people's reactions to smelling a given chemical, either from a bottle labeled "cheese" or a bottle labeled "vomit". IIRC they found that not only were people's reactions different, but different parts of their brain were used while forming the reactions.

I suspect that the truth is, humans simply aren't capable of filtering out our expectations in judgments like this. Seeing color is part of how we "taste" wine, the same way that looking at someone's lips is part of how we "hear" the difference between certain sounds.