Like Popcorn - Crossmodal Correspondences Between Scents, 3D Shapes and Emotions in Children

Explore a fascinating conference talk that delves into the crossmodal associations between scents, 3D shapes, and emotions in children. Investigate how 14 participants aged 10-17 completed tasks attributing emotional characteristics to variants of the "Bouba/Kiki" stimuli, presented as 3D tangible models, in combination with lemon and vanilla scents. Discover findings that support pre-existing mappings between shapes and scents, confirming associations between angular shapes ("Kiki") and lemon scent with arousing emotions, and round shapes ("Bouba") and vanilla scent with calming emotions. Learn how this research extends prior work on crossmodal correspondences by using 3D shapes instead of 2D, focusing on children, and exploring emotional content. Gain insights into how these findings can contribute to designing more inclusive interactive multisensory technologies for enhanced user experiences.