Articlei-Perception2012
Crossmodal correspondences: Innate or learned?
Article in i-Perception, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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- Exploring crossmodal correspondences for future research in human movement augmentation.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Influence of letter shape on readers' emotional experience, reading fluency, and text comprehension and memorisation.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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- Crossmodal Associations with Olfactory, Auditory, and Tactile Stimuli in Children and Adults.i-Perception · 2021Article
- Neuroplasticity and Crossmodal Connectivity in the Normal, Healthy Brain.Psychology & neuroscience · 2021Article
- People With High Autistic Traits Show Fewer Consensual Crossmodal Correspondences Between Visual Features and Tastes.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Musicians are more consistent: Gestural cross-modal mappings of pitch, loudness and tempo in real-time.Frontiers in psychology · 2014Article
- Synesthesia and learning: a critical review and novel theory.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2014Review
- Effect of pitch-space correspondence on sound-induced visual motion perception.Experimental brain research · 2013Article
- Crossmodal correspondences between odors and contingent features: odors, musical notes, and geometrical shapes.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2013Review
- On why music changes what (we think) we taste.i-Perception · 2013Article
- Fast lemons and sour boulders: Testing crossmodal correspondences using an internet-based testing methodology.i-Perception · 2013Article
- Audiovisual crossmodal correspondences and sound symbolism: a study using the implicit association test.Experimental brain research · 2012Article
- Reading the World through the Skin and Ears: A New Perspective on Sensory Substitution.Frontiers in psychology · 2012Article
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Abstract
"Are Chimpanzees synaesthetic?" An affirmative answer to this question appeared recently in a Nature commentary on a study by Ludwig, Adachi, and Matzuzawa (2011) that demonstrated crossmodal correspondences in both chimpanzees and humans. Here we question the claim that chimpanzees are synaesthetic. We also question the claim that certain crossmodal correspondences are innate. We suggest an alternative account for the crossmodal correspondence between auditory pitch and visual lightness in terms of the internalization of correlations present in the environment. We highlight the limitations of such natural correlation approaches to the study of crossmodal correspondences as well as how such claims could potentially be tested in future research.
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