Can Your Tastebuds Be Tricked? Do Colors Fool Your Brain About Taste?​ ​ A Year 2 Study

3 thoughts on “Can Your Tastebuds Be Tricked? Do Colors Fool Your Brain About Taste?​ ​ A Year 2 Study”

1. This is an outstanding Year 2 project with impressive improvements from last year. I really appreciate how you strengthened your experiment by increasing your sample size to 20 participants, adding a proper control group, and spacing testing sessions two days apart (page 2 and page 7). That shows strong understanding of experimental design. Your investigative method (page 6) clearly separated control and mismatched test lollipops, and the raw data tables (pages 8-9) demonstrate careful and detailed record keeping. The graphs comparing control and test groups (pages 10-11) help clearly show how color influenced flavor guesses. Your discussion (page 13) thoughtfully explains how color bias affected participants, especially with yellow, purple, and orange lollipops. I was especially impressed by your future research ideas (page 14), such as removing smell with a nose clip and testing clear lollipops. These ideas show creative and advanced scientific thinking.
   This project demonstrates strong experimental control, thoughtful data analysis, and a clear understanding of how perception works. Excellent work you are thinking like a cognitive scientist!

2. A wonderful project, and I am especially proud of you for changing your project from last year up following the comments and feedback of others – that is a true scientific process. Well done!

3. This is a very creative and well-designed project. I especially liked that you improved your experiment from last year by adding a control group and increasing the number of participants. Your results clearly showed how color can influence how people perceive flavor. This is an important idea in psychology and food science. Excellent work!

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