What is the link between synaesthesia and sound symbolism?

Cognition

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-195

  Bankieris, Kaitlyn ^a   Simner, Julia ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Iconicity; Mechanical Turk; MTurk; Sound symbolism; Synaesthesia; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; SENSATION; SOUND; SOUND SYMBOLISM; STIMULATION; SYMBOLISM; SYNAESTHESIA; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW; COLOR VISION; HEARING; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84916879137     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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