Examining the automaticity and symmetry of sound–shape correspondences

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A classic example of sound–shape correspondences is the mapping of the vowel /i/ with angular patterns and the vowel /u/ with rounded patterns. Such crossmodal correspondences have been reliably reported when tested in explicit matching tasks. Nevertheless, it remains unclear whether such sound–shape correspondences automatically occur and bidirectionally modulate people’s perception. We address this question by adopting the explicit matching task and two implicit tasks.

Methods

In Experiment 1, we examined the sound–shape correspondences using the implicit association test (IAT), in which the sounds and shapes were both task-relevant, followed by an explicit matching task. In Experiments 2 and 3, we adopted the speeded classification task; when the target wa

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10277733 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature