The last few years have seen a rapid growth of interest amongst researchers in the
crossmodal correspondences. One of the correspondences that has long intrigued artists is …

For centuries, if not millennia, people have associated the basic tastes (eg, sweet, bitter,
salty, and sour) with specific colours. While the range of tastes may have changed, and the …

Odour-sound correspondences provide some of the most fascinating and intriguing
examples of crossmodal associations, in part, because it is unclear from where exactly they …

Several studies have demonstrated reliable cross-modal associations between odours and
various visual, auditory, taste, and somatosensory attributes. How these associations arise is …

Olfactory experiences represent a domain that is particularly rich in crossmodal
associations. Whereas associations between odors and tastes, or other properties of their …

Colors and odors are associated; for instance, people typically match the smell of
strawberries to the color pink or red. These associations are forms of crossmodal …

Can basic tastes, such as sweet, sour, bitter, salty, and possibly also umami, be conveyed by
means of colour? If so, how should we understand the relationship between colours and …

A wide variety of crossmodal correspondences, defined as the often surprising connections
that people appear to experience between simple features, attributes, or dimensions of …

The past two decades have seen an explosion of research on cross-modal
correspondences. Broadly speaking, this term has been used to encompass associations …

People tend to associate abstract visual features with basic taste qualities. This narrative
historical review critically evaluates the literature on these associations, often referred to as …