An extended research of crossmodal correspondence between color and sound in psychology and cognitive ergonomics

Abstract

Based on the existing research on sound symbolism and crossmodal correspondence, this study proposed an extended research on cross-modal correspondence between various sound attributes and color properties in a group of non-synesthetes. In Experiment 1, we assessed the associations between each property of sounds and colors. Twenty sounds with five auditory properties (pitch, roughness, sharpness, tempo and discontinuity), each varied in four levels, were used as the sound stimuli. Forty-nine colors with different hues, saturation and brightness were used to match to those sounds. Result revea

Abstract by Xiuwen Sun; Xiaoling Li; Lingyu Ji; Feng Han; Huifen Wang; Yang Liu; Yao Chen; Zhiyuan Lou, PeerJ (2018) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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