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bouba-kiki effect: a standalone construct

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Perception

the tendency to match rounded shapes with words like bouba and spiky shapes with words like kiki.

In perception, bouba-kiki effect refers to the tendency to match rounded shapes with words like bouba and spiky shapes with words like kiki. This meaning comes from Maurer (2006) in Developmental Science.[1]

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perception3 fields · 4 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs

References

Maurer, D., Pathman, T., & Mondloch, C. J. (2006). The shape of boubas: sound–shape correspondences in toddlers and adults. Developmental Science, 9(3), 316-322. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7687.2006.00495.x

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