[Fwd: Re: cross-modality-size-loud]

[Bob Carlyon <bob.carlyon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Subject:	Re: cross-modality-size-loud
Date:	Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:56:55 +0100
From:	Jan Schnupp <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To:	Jan Schnupp <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Dear Peter,

if you hit a large bell and a small bell, how loud they are does not depend on size, but on how hard you hit them. The larger the object the deeper the sound, because resonant frequency is proportional to mass. So if there is a link with size, then it should be pitch more than loudness.

Jan

On 17/09/2007, pieter jan stallen <pj.stallen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Dear List,

Does anyone know of experimental psychological data reported which refutes (or not) theÂhypothesis: the perception of object O as "has much of quality X" predisposes to the perception also of "has much of quality Y"? E.g., is there empirical evidence for cross-modal bonds like "large objects (much of size) are loud objects (much of sound)" ?

Although I see brain research approaching the subject (e.g. Âhttp://www.dhushara.com/pdf/synesthesia.pdf ) I have not (yet) found so much empirical psychology about such metaphors. I may not have studied carefully enough the synaestesia literature, but appreciate any more specific 'forwardings' then.

Pieter Jan Stallen / Chair Community Noise Annoyance / University of Leiden / Netherlands

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