Similarities in form symbolism among various languages and geographical regions

Psychologia

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 170-184

  Oyama, Tadasu ^a,i   Agostini, Tiziano ^b   Kamada, Akiko ^c   Marković, Slobodan ^d   Osaka, Eiko ^e   Sakurai, Shojiro ^f   Sarmány Schuller, Ivan ^g   Sarris, Viktor ^h  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c BUNKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^e SURUGADAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^h GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Affective meaning; Form; Shape; Symbolism

Indexed keywords

EID: 59649114346     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: 13475916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2117/psysoc.2008.170     Document Type: Article

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