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“Like Popcorn”: crossmodal correspondences between scents, 3D shapes and emotions in children
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posted on 2023-06-09, 17:32 authored by Oussama Metatla, Emanuela Maggioni, Clare Cullen, Marianna ObristThere is increasing interest in multisensory experiences in HCI. However, little research considers how sensory modali- ties interact with each other and how this may impact interac- tive experiences. We investigate how children associate emo- tions with scents and 3D shapes. 14 participants (10-17yrs) completed crossmodal association tasks to attribute emo- tional characteristics to variants of the “Bouba/Kiki” stimuli, presented as 3D tangible models, in conjunction with lemon and vanilla scents. Our findings support pre-existing map- pings between shapes and scents, and confirm the associa- tions between the combination of angular shapes (“Kiki”) and lemon scent with arousing emotion, and of round shapes (“Bouba”) and vanilla scent with calming emotion. This ex- tends prior work on crossmodal correspondences in terms of stimuli (3D as opposed to 2D shapes), sample (children), and conveyed content (emotions). We outline how these find- ings can contribute to designing more inclusive interactive multisensory technologies.
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SenseX - Sensory Experiences for Interactive Technologies; G1589; EUROPEAN UNION; H2020-ERC-2014-STG-638605
Crossmodal Interactive Tools for Inclusive Learning; EPSRC; EP/N00616X/2
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CHI '19 Proceedings of the 2019 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing SystemsPublisher
Association for Computing MachineryExternal DOI
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CHI 2019Event location
Glasgow, ScotlandEvent type
conferenceEvent date
4 - 9 May 2019ISBN
9781450359702Department affiliated with
- Informatics Publications
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- Creative Technology Publications
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2019-04-10First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-05-16First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-04-09Usage metrics
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