Can J Exp Psychol June 2011 PMID 21668094

The sound of round: evaluating the sound-symbolic role of consonants in the classic Takete-Maluma phenomenon.

Alan Nielsen, Drew Rendall

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Abstract in brief

  • The study explores how consonants influence the way people match nonsense words to object shapes, challenging previous ideas that focused mainly on vowels and sensory associations.
  • Experiments showed that participants' matching responses are affected more by consonant sounds than vowels, especially when words are presented visually or aurally, and when sounds are swapped or altered.
  • The findings suggest that both vowels and consonants may be important in language perception, with the auditory quality of consonants possibly playing a key role in how we interpret and connect sounds to visual objects.

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andwhat
@andwhat009 · X

@AngelArm1110 @YahtzeeCroshaw Nielsen, A., and Rendall, D. (2011). The sound of round: evaluating the sound-symbolic role of consonants in the classic Takete-Maluma phenomenon. Can. J. Exp. Psychol. 65, 115–124. doi: 10.1037/a0022268, check this

Aug 31, 2020 · 1 like · 141 followers View post →
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@seeingwithsound.bsky.social · Bluesky

The sound of round: Evaluating the sound-symbolic role of consonants in the classic Takete-Maluma phenomenon http://tinyurl.com/44ppznr

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Dr. Giordon Stark
@giordonstark.com · Bluesky

I wonder if folx like @jmhenner know the answer to this, but I watched this @tomscott video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TDIAObsqcs) on crossmodal correspondence and I wonder if there's an #ASL or #SignLanguages equivalent?

Aug 25, 2020 View post →
Dr. Giordon Stark
@giordonstark.com · Bluesky

I wonder if folx like @jmhenner know the answer to this, but I watched this @tomscott video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TDIAObsqcs) on crossmodal correspondence and I wonder if there's an #ASL or #SignLanguages equivalent?

Aug 25, 2020 View post →

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andwhat
@andwhat009 · X

@AngelArm1110 @YahtzeeCroshaw Nielsen, A., and Rendall, D. (2011). The sound of round: evaluating the sound-symbolic role of consonants in the classic Takete-Maluma phenomenon. Can. J. Exp. Psychol. 65, 115–124. doi: 10.1037/a0022268, check this

Aug 31, 2020 · 1 like · 141 followers View post →
Dr. Giordon Stark
@giordonstark.com · Bluesky

I wonder if folx like @jmhenner know the answer to this, but I watched this @tomscott video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TDIAObsqcs) on crossmodal correspondence and I wonder if there's an #ASL or #SignLanguages equivalent?

Aug 25, 2020 View post →
Dr. Giordon Stark
@giordonstark.com · Bluesky

I wonder if folx like @jmhenner know the answer to this, but I watched this @tomscott video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TDIAObsqcs) on crossmodal correspondence and I wonder if there's an #ASL or #SignLanguages equivalent?

Aug 25, 2020 View post →
The vOICe vision BCI
@seeingwithsound.bsky.social · Bluesky

The sound of round: Evaluating the sound-symbolic role of consonants in the classic Takete-Maluma phenomenon http://tinyurl.com/44ppznr

Jun 16, 2011 View post →