The Bouba/Kiki Effect & The Shape of Words
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The Bouba/Kiki Effect & The Shape of Words

2023-01-16
Researchers have found that almost 90% of the time, subjects will associate nonsense words "bouba" and "kiki" with nonsense drawings. But why? In this episode, we discuss the strange linguistic phenomenon of sound symbolism and discuss how sometimes, the sounds of words themselves can carry meaning. Then we chat with Social Psychologist, Dr. Andy Luttrell of the Opinion Science podcast.  Review this podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-internet-says-it-s-true/id1530853589 Bonus ...
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