With her eyes closed and her nose plugged, Chandra was unable to taste the difference between an onion and a pear. Her experience best illustrates the importance of ________ in our normal experience of taste.

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Sensory interaction refers to the interaction between different senses in influencing each other. In this case, Chandra's sense of smell was impaired (plugged nose), which affected her ability to taste. This demonstrates how the senses of smell and taste interact to create our experience of flavor. The other choices are not relevant to this particular scenario - the McGurk effect refers to a phenomenon in speech perception, retinal disparity refers to a visual depth cue, and synesthesia refers to a condition where the stimulation of one sense leads to an automatic and involuntary experience in another sense.

With Her Eyes Closed and Her Nose Plugged, Chandra Was