ArticleExperimental brain research2016
Drawing sounds: representing tones and chords spatially.
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- The neuro-psychological dimensions of piano interaction: from mental health therapy to intelligent systems.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Marble melancholy: using crossmodal correspondences of shapes, materials, and music to predict music-induced emotions.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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- Reaching for the high note: judgments of auditory pitch are affected by kinesthetic position.Cognitive processing · 2019Article
- The Allocation of Valenced Percepts Onto 3D Space.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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- The strength of weak embodiment.International journal of psychological researchReview
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Abstract
Research on the crossmodal correspondences has revealed that seemingly unrelated perceptual information can be matched across the senses in a manner that is consistent across individuals. An interesting extension of this line of research is to study how sensory information biases action. In the present study, we investigated whether different sounds (i.e. tones and piano chords) would bias participants' hand movements in a free movement task. Right-handed participants were instructed to move a computer mouse in order to represent three tones and two chords. They also had to rate each sound in terms of three visual analogue scales (slow-fast, unpleasant-pleasant, and weak-strong). The results demonstrate that tones and chords influence hand movements, with higher-(lower-)pitched sounds giving rise to a significant bias towards upper (lower) locations in space. These results are discussed in terms of the literature on forward models, embodied cognition, crossmodal correspondences, and mental imagery. Potential applications sports and rehabilitation are discussed briefly.
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