Subject: Re: cross-modality-size-loud From: Jan Schnupp <jan@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 09:56:55 +0100 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>------=_Part_9019_14913294.1190019415950 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 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@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dear List, > > Does anyone know of experimental psychological data reported which > refutes (or not) the hypothesis: 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. > http://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 > -- Dr Jan Schnupp University of Oxford Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics Sherrington Building - Parks Road Oxford OX1 3PT - UK +44-1865-272513 www.oxfordhearing.com ------=_Part_9019_14913294.1190019415950 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Dear Peter,<br><br>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. <br><br>Jan<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 17/09/2007, <b class="gmail_sendername">pieter jan stallen</b> <<a href="mailto:pj.stallen@xxxxxxxx">pj.stallen@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div bgcolor="#ffffff"> <div> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Dear List,</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Does anyone know of<span> </span>experimental psychological data reported which refutes (or not) the<span> </span>hypothesis: the perception of object O as "has <i>much</i> of quality X" predisposes to the perception also of "has <i>much</i> 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)" ? </span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Although I see brain research approaching the subject (e.g. <span> </span><a href="http://www.dhushara.com/pdf/synesthesia.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"><span><font color="#800080">http://www.dhushara.com/pdf/synesthesia.pdf </font></span></a>) 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.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Pieter Jan Stallen</span><span lang="EN-US"> / Chair Community Noise Annoyance / University of Leiden / Netherlands</span></p></div></div> </blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Dr Jan Schnupp<br>University of Oxford<br>Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics<br>Sherrington Building - Parks Road<br>Oxford OX1 3PT - UK<br>+44-1865-272513<br><a href="http://www.oxfordhearing.com"> www.oxfordhearing.com</a> ------=_Part_9019_14913294.1190019415950--