Consonance and dissonance perception. A critical review of the historical sources, multidisciplinary findings, and main hypotheses

N Di Stefano, P Vuust, E Brattico - Physics of Life Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Revealed more than two millennia ago by Pythagoras, consonance and dissonance (C/D)
are foundational concepts in music theory, perception, and aesthetics. The search for the …

Sensory translation between audition and vision

C Spence, N Di Stefano - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2024 - Springer
Across the millennia, and across a range of disciplines, there has been a widespread desire
to connect, or translate between, the senses in a manner that is meaningful, rather than …

Explaining visual shape–taste crossmodal correspondences

C Spence - Multisensory research, 2023 - brill.com
A growing body of experimental research now demonstrates that neurologically normal
individuals associate different taste qualities with design features such as curvature …

Perceptual similarity: Insights from crossmodal correspondences

N Di Stefano, C Spence - Review of Philosophy and Psychology, 2023 - Springer
Perceptual similarity is one of the most fiercely debated topics in the philosophy and
psychology of perception. The documented history of the issue spans all the way from Plato …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of Bouba-and Kiki-like shape on perceived taste of chocolate pieces

K Ogata, R Gakumi, A Hashimoto, Y Ushiku… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In this paper, we present the findings of a study investigating the impact of shape on the
taste perception of chocolate. Previous research has explored the influence of various …

Evidence for a universal association of auditory roughness with musical stability

AJ Milne, EA Smit, HS Sarvasy, RT Dean - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
We provide evidence that the roughness of chords—a psychoacoustic property resulting
from unresolved frequency components—is associated with perceived musical stability …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring crossmodal correspondences for future research in human movement augmentation

M Pinardi, N Di Stefano, G Di Pino… - Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 - frontiersin.org
“Crossmodal correspondences” are the consistent mappings between perceptual
dimensions or stimuli from different sensory domains, which have been widely observed in …

What, if anything, can be considered an amodal sensory dimension?

C Spence, N Di Stefano - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2024 - Springer
The term 'amodal'is a key topic in several different research fields across experimental
psychology and cognitive neuroscience, including in the areas of developmental and …

The Form of Taste. On the Origins, Implications, and Applications of Shape-Taste Crossmodal Correspondences

C Spence - 2022 - rua.ua.es
A growing body of experimental research now demonstrates that neurologically-normal
individuals associate different taste qualities with design features such as curvature …

Enjoying art: an evolutionary perspective on the esthetic experience from emotion elicitors

F Serrao, A Chirico, A Gabbiadini, A Gallace… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The ubiquity of human art prompted evolutionary psychologists to explore its origins as a
potential adaptation to the environment. Here we focus on emotionally charged art and posit …