A sweet sound? Food names reveal implicit associations between taste and pitch

Perception

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 417-425

  Crisinel, Anne Sylvie ^a   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77950258856     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p6574     Document Type: Article

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