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SUMMARY:Vision and Cognition Seminar // "Crossmodal correspondences betwee
 n chemosensory stimuli and musical notes"
DTSTART:20130611T153000
DTSTAMP:20260510T000038Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Anne-Sylvie Crisinel\nThe sensory evaluation of food products 
 prior to and during ingestion is a vital process. As such\, it is influenc
 ed by a variety of factors\, comprising both contextual cues and sensory f
 eatures of the food. The research presented in this talk was designed to e
 xplore the crossmodal correspondences between auditory (musical notes) and
  chemosensory stimuli. The existence of reliable crossmodal correspondence
 s between auditory and chemosensory stimuli was explored using both implic
 it and explicit tasks. Specific pairings of basic tastes\, flavours\, and 
 odours with musical notes were shown to be preferred\, both in term of the
  pitch of the note and its timbre. The pleasantness of the chemosensory st
 imuli was a main factor in the correspondences with the timbre of the note
 \, but failed to satisfactorily explain the correspondences with the pitch
  of the note.  The influence the congruence of auditory stimuli might hav
 e on the perception of simultaneously-presented chemosensory stimuli was a
 lso investigated. Background soundtracks were shown to influence ratings o
 f a food item on the bitter-sweet continuum. The level at which such cross
 modal correspondences might happen\, as well as potential applications\, a
 re discussed.
LOCATION:SV 2510
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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