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“Bouba” and “Kiki” in Namibia? A remote culture make similar shape–sound matches, but different shape–taste matches to Westerners
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- Authors
- Bremner, A. J., Caparos, S., Davidoff, J., de Fockert, J., Linnell, K. J., & Spence, C.
- Venue
- Cognition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-02
- Volume
- 126
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 165-172
- ISSN
- 0010-0277 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2007697612
- Cited by
- 381
- References
- 44
- FWCI
- 22.74
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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