When questioned, people typically report that different foods are appropriate at different
times of the year. That is, patterns of food consumption exhibit seasonal variations. Changes …

Background The importance of strategies and services by caregivers and family members
substantially impact the psychological and emotional wellbeing of autistic children. The …

Light discrimination according to colour can confer survival advantages by guiding animals
towards food and shelter and away from potentially harmful situations,. Such colour …

Pairing food and beverages is a traditional practice in French gastronomy. Culinary literature
provides recommendations in terms of food and beverage pairing but identifying general …

Across cultures, people associate colours with emotions. Here, we test the hypothesis that
one driver of this cross-modal correspondence is the physical environment we live in. We …

Many animal species exhibit seasonal changes in their physiology and behavior. Yet
despite ample evidence that humans are also responsive to seasons, the impact of seasonal …

There are well-known and extensive differences in color preferences between individuals,
but there are also within-individual differences from one time to another. Despite the …

Colours and emotions are associated in languages and traditions. Some of us may convey
sadness by saying feeling blue or by wearing black clothes at funerals. The first example is a …

Seasonality is a typical feature of landscapes in temperate regions. Seasonality's effects on
visual aesthetic quality (VAQ) are widely recognised but not well understood. To address …

Nature experiences usually lead to restorative effects, such as positive affective states and
reduced stress. Even watching nature compared to urban images, which are known to differ …