Welcome to the WTSA Newsroom — a global hub for sensory science, wellness, advocacy, cross-modal creativity, and the future of perception.

Our mission is to advance well-being and sensory awareness through interdisciplinary storytelling, research, advocacy, and innovation. We believe that taste and smell are not just biological senses — they are portals to memory, identity, healing, and connection.

We invite submissions from scientists, clinicians, chefs, perfumers, flavorists, technologists, artists, farmers, philosophers, and storytellers who explore the world through the senses.

Mindy Yang Mindy Yang

Do scents affect people's moods or work performance?

The simple answer is yes, but the reasons may not be what you expect. Odors do affect people’s mood, work performance and behavior in a variety of ways but it isn¿t because odors work on us like a drug, instead, we work on them through our experiences with them. Rachel S. Herz, an assistant professor of psychology at Brown University, provides the following explanation.

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