Please participate only if you are not familiar with the experiment. Also, no cheating, please (i.e. no google image searches).
I will reveal more about the experiment next week.
Friday, April 26, 2013
The Sound and the Shapey
The following shapes were used in a well-known psychological experiment regarding the mapping between speech sounds and the visual shape of objects. The original experiment was conducted in the late 1920s; it has been repeated since then with slight variations.
I have included a poll below to see what my readers think. There is not a right or wrong answer.
Please participate only if you are not familiar with the experiment. Also, no cheating, please (i.e. no google image searches).
I will reveal more about the experiment next week.
Please participate only if you are not familiar with the experiment. Also, no cheating, please (i.e. no google image searches).
I will reveal more about the experiment next week.
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Voted. First time I've heard about the experiment. When you post the results, I will say why I voted how I voted, as I don't want to influence anyone.
It would be interesting to see the results if the choice were ghighi and poupa instead of kiki and bouba.
Alina - thank you for voting, and thank you for your consideration about the possibility of influencing others.
Faldone - That is funny; I was actually thinking the same thing.
Sounds in which you have to round yours lips ("b") suggest rounded forms in any language. It's something that I smell.
idiomatico - Great elaboration.
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