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Maria Loconsole, Chunyun Xue, Elias Garcia‐Pelegrin
This study shows that macaques exhibit the Bouba-Kiki effect, suggesting sound-shape correspondences are a conserved vertebrate trait that may have influenced the evolution of symbolic communication.
Maria Loconsole, Silvia Benavides‐Varela, Lucia Regolin
The study tests the Bouba-Kiki effect in three-day-old chicks, finding they associate spiky shapes with 'Kiki' and round shapes with 'Bouba', suggesting an innate perceptual mechanism.
Maria Loconsole, Beatrice Malaman, Gionata Stancher, Elisabetta Versace
This study shows tortoises associate high-pitched sounds with bright colors and low-pitched sounds with dark colors, similar to humans and chimpanzees.