Four Trials Is Not Enough: The Amount of Prior Audio-Visual Exposure Determines the Strength of Audio-Tactile Crossmodal Correspondence Early in Development.

ABSTRACT: Successfully navigating the world involves integrating sensory inputs and selecting appropriate motor actions. Yet, what information belongs together? In addition to spatial and temporal factors, correspondence across sensory features also matters. In the Bouba-Kiki (BK) effect, spiky shapes are associated with sounds like "kiki", and round shapes are associated with "bouba". Such associations exist between auditory and visual (AV) and auditory and tactile (AT) stimuli, where objects are only explored via touch. Visual experience influences AT associations, which are weak in early blind adults and in fully sighted 6- to 8-year-olds, who have a more naïve visual experience. It has been found that prior AV exposure in children enhances AT associations. Here, we consider how the amount of pri

SUBMITTER: Cao S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12466736 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature