Sensory Deprivation
I couldn't find an exact statistic but I've herd it said that smell is at least 70% smell. So for my sensory deprivation I decided to test this statistic but I didn't want to do it alone.
I gathered together some food, chopped up apples oranges, potato and I also backed cookies. Potato are similar to apples in texture so I wanted to see if people could tell the difference, Oranges have a very distinct smell to them which plays into there taste making them perfect for this experiment, then finally I baked cookies because I wanted to see if something so familiar could become unfamiliar if I took away its smell.
I got my stuff together along with some nose plugs and blindfolds and went to class, ounce there I had every body put on a blindfold and nose plugs, I uncovered the food and told everyone to begin.
The results were hilarious I wish I had video taped it people were so disoriented about which food was what and it was so great seeing their reactions. Ben was startled by a piece of orange he exclaimed "Ahh Its wet", Nathan Jackson and Ryan all got stuck with potatoes and none of them could figure out quite what it was.
The most recognizable thing was the cookies because of their sweetness, the oranges were almost tasteless only recognizable by their texture, the Apples were a little more recognizable but people still got them confused with the potatos. It was fascinating and fun to see everybody's reactions and I'm glad I decided to share this experiment with the class.
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