Thesis
Exploring the mechanisms that underlie the crossmodal correspondences between shapes and tastes
- Alternative title:
- Assessing the role of aesthetics, anthropomorphism, emotional valence, and embodied cognition
- Abstract:
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This thesis consists of one theoretical chapter, three experimental chapters, and a final concluding chapter. Eight studies were conducted in total, two of these studies (studies 1-2, Chapter 2) evaluated whether visual aesthetic features (i.e., symmetry, curvature, and the number of elements) influenced how shapes and objects are matched to a valence and to a taste word (i.e., sweet or sour). The evidence reported in Chapter 2 demonstrates that symmetrical / asymmetrical, rounded / angula...
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Authors
Contributors
+ Spence, C
Role:
Supervisor
+ Dunbar, R
Department:
University of Oxford
Role:
Examiner
+ Bertamini, M
Role:
Examiner
Funding
Colfuturo
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Colciencias
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Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- UUID:
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- Deposit date:
- 2018-04-19
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- Copyright holder:
- Salgado-Montejo, A
- Copyright date:
- 2018
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