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Seeing odors in color: Cross-modal associations in children and adults from two cultural environments
Benoist SchaalDaniel D. MccallNathalie GoubetKarine Durandsubject
AdultCross-Cultural ComparisonMalevision[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]Ethnic groupColorExperimental and Cognitive PsychologyOlfaction050105 experimental psychologyDevelopmental psychologyJudgment03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineDevelopmental and Educational PsychologyHumans0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesChildAge differences[SDV.NEU.PC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Psychology and behaviormusculoskeletal neural and ocular physiology05 social sciencesCultural group selectionRecognition Psychologychild (6–10 years)intercultural differencesSmellOdorOdorantsFemalemultisensory developmentodor–color associationsPsychology030217 neurology & neurosurgerypsychological phenomena and processesolfactiondescription
International audience; We investigated the occurrence and underlying processes of odor–color associations in French and American 6- to 10-year-old children (n = 386) and adults (n = 137). Nine odorants were chosen according to their familiarity to either cultural group. Participants matched each odor with a color, gave hedonic and familiarity judgments, and identified each odor. By 6 years of age, children displayed culture-specific odor–color associations, but age differences were noted in the type of associations. Children and adults in both cultural groups shared common associations and formed associations that were unique to their environment, underscoring the importance of exposure learning in odor–color associations.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-02-01 |