Cross-cultural differences in crossmodal correspondences between basic tastes and visual features

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue DEC, 2014, Pages

  Wan, Xiaoang ^a   Woods, Andy T ^b   Van Den Bosch, Jasper J F ^c   McKenzie, Kirsten J ^d   Velasco, Carlos ^e   Spence, Charles ^e  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Xperiment   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color; Crossmodal correspondence; Culture; Shape; Taste flavor; Texture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920287627     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01365     Document Type: Article

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