Color and texture associations in voice-induced synesthesia
Color and texture associations in voice-induced synesthesia
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DOI：
10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00568
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发表时间：
2013-09-02
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Smith, Rachel
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作者：
Moos, Anja;Simmons, David;Smith, Rachel
声音引起的联觉是一种联觉形式，其中联觉感知是由人们的声音引起的，似乎相对罕见，并且尚未得到系统研究。在这项研究中，我们研究了不同类型的“声音质量”（例如鼻音、耳语、假声）所经历的联觉颜色和视觉纹理感知。在一项在线研究中，使用定性和定量分析对三个不同群体（自我报告的语音联觉者、语音学家和对照组）的经历进行了比较。虽然在定性分析中，联觉者比语音学家或对照组使用更多的颜色和纹理术语来描述声音，但在定量分析中发现组之间只有微弱的差异和许多相似之处。组间显着的一致结果是较高的语音基频与较亮和较红的颜色匹配，“耳语”声音与烟雾状纹理匹配，以及“刺耳”和“吱吱”声音与类似干裂土壤的纹理匹配。这些数据是根据当前对联觉定义和分类的思考进行讨论的，特别是在个体明显具有一系列不同联觉诱导剂的情况下。
Voice-induced synesthesia, a form of synesthesia in which synesthetic perceptions are induced by the sounds of people's voices, appears to be relatively rare and has not been systematically studied. In this study we investigated the synesthetic color and visual texture perceptions experienced in response to different types of "voice quality" (e.g., nasal, whisper, falsetto). Experiences of three different groups-self-reported voice synesthetes, phoneticians, and controls-were compared using both qualitative and quantitative analysis in a study conducted online. Whilst, in the qualitative analysis, synesthetes used more color and texture terms to describe voices than either phoneticians or controls, only weak differences, and many similarities, between groups were found in the quantitative analysis. Notable consistent results between groups were the matching of higher speech fundamental frequencies with lighter and redder colors, the matching of "whispery" voices with smoke-like textures, and the matching of "harsh" and "creaky" voices with textures resembling dry cracked soil. These data are discussed in the light of current thinking about definitions and categorizations of synesthesia, especially in cases where individuals apparently have a range of different synesthetic inducers.