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Book Cover for: Sensehacking: How to Use the Power of Your Senses for Happier, Healthier Living, Charles Spence

Sensehacking: How to Use the Power of Your Senses for Happier, Healthier Living

Charles Spence

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The world expert in multisensory perception on the remarkable ways we can use our senses to lead richer lives.

How can the furniture in your home affect your wellbeing? What color clothing will help you play sports better? And what simple trick will calm you after a tense day at work?

In this revelatory book, pioneering and entertaining Oxford professor Charles Spence shows how our senses change how we think and feel, and how by 'hacking' them we can reduce stress, become more productive and be happier.

We like to think of ourselves as rational beings, and yet it's the scent of expensive face cream that removes wrinkles (temporarily), the noise of the crowd really does affect the referee's decision, and food not only tastes 10 per cent better if you use a tablecloth, you'll also eat 50 per cent more of it. By understanding our senses, we can take greater control of our lives.

Sensehacking explores how the senses are stimulated in nature, at home, in the workplace and at play. In a world where we're suffering from the sensory overload of 24-hour news cycles and also prioritizing physical distance from one another, Spence explains 'touch hunger' and shows how we can overcome it. Understanding how our senses interact can produce incredible results. This is popular science at its unbelievable best.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Penguin UK
  • Publish Date: Jul 1st, 2022
  • Pages: 400
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 7.70in - 5.10in - 1.20in - 0.60lb
  • EAN: 9780241361153
  • Categories: • Cognitive Neuroscience & Cognitive Neuropsychology• Neuropsychology• Life Sciences - Neuroscience

About the Author

Professor Charles Spence is the world expert in multisensory perception and experience design, having spent over 20 years researching how people perceive the world around them at the Cross modal Research Laboratory at Oxford University. He has consulted for many multinational companies, including Unilever, PepsiCo and Nestlé, advising on various aspects of multisensory design, packaging, and branding.

Praise for this book

"Spence does for the senses what Marie Kondo does for homes." --Avery Gilbert, author, What the Nose Knows

"An extraordinary compendium of everything you need to know about how to cope with the hidden sensory overload of modern life, engagingly told." --Robin Dunbar, author, How Many Friends Does One Person Need?

"Spence offers a whole new twist on what it means to 'make sense' of the world around us. . . . Spence shares a wealth of insights and practical tips that will help you improve your social, cognitive and emotional well-being through sensory stimulation and management." --Steve Keller, Sonic Strategy Director, Studio Resonate at Pandora

"A chatty whirl through the latest discoveries and their real-world applications, roughly organized by the five senses and different dining situations, Mr. Spence's book is far from a systematic treatise on gastrophysics." --Wall St Journalon Gastrophysics

"[A] delicious explainer." --Real Simpleon Gastrophysics

"Spence has a light touch and a knack for framing research questions in provocative headings. . . . A sharp, engaging education for food consumers and a font of ideas for restaurateurs and chefs as well."--Kirkuson Gastrophysics
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"Spence allows people to appreciate the multisensory experience of eating."--The New Yorker on Gastrophysics