The sweetest thing: the influence of angularity, symmetry, and the number of elements on shape-valence and shape-taste matches

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Salgado Montejo, Alejandro ^a,b   Alvarado, Jorge A ^c   Velasco, Carlos ^a,d   Salgado, Carlos J ^b   Hasse, Kendra ^a   Spence, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SABANA   (Colombia)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^d Imagineering Institute   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

aesthetics; crossmodal correspondences; emotional valence; shapes; taste words

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970938621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01382     Document Type: Article

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