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Your dog may link sounds with shapes, just like you do
Sounds have shapes. That might sound strange since sound waves are invisible, but a famous psychological experiment in the 1920s showed that our brains naturally link spoken sounds to visual forms.
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Sounds have shapes. That might sound strange since sound waves are invisible, but a famous psychological experiment in the 1920s showed that our brains naturally link spoken sounds to visual forms. According to new research published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B , dogs may do this too. As in the classic experiment, researchers in this study played recordings of made-up sounds like "Bouba" and "Kiki" while monitoring how participants responded to sharp or smooth visual images.
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