Size Sound Symbolism Modulates Linguistic Processing: An ERP Study.

ABSTRACT: The size of physical objects is systematically associated with specific speech sounds used to refer to these objects. This phenomenon, termed size sound symbolism, has been demonstrated with a number of different behavioral measures such as word rating or word selection tasks. Yet, there is little data on where and how such sound-symbolic associations come into play within the brain's cognitive processing hierarchy. In the present EEG study, we investigated whether the neural activation of associations based on size sound symbolism can be automatic by nature. Participants were presented with small or large novel visual objects (greebles), followed by small-sounding or large-sounding (containing the letter or ) fictional greeble names. We found, in accordance with our hypotheses, tha

SUBMITTER: Glim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12662948 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature