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Smelling sensations: Olfactory crossmodal correspondences (JPI-first)
  DOI :  10.2352/J.Percept.Imaging.2022.5.000402  Published OnlineFebruary 2022
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constitutes an integral part of our perceptual reality. Within this reality, there are crossmodal interactions and sensory expectations; understanding how olfaction interacts with other sensory modalities is crucial for augmenting interactive experiences with more advanced multisensorial capabilities. This knowledge will eventually lead to better designs, more engaging experiences and enhancing the perceived quality of experience. Towards this end, we investigated a range of crossmodal correspondences between ten olfactory stimuli and different modalities (angularity of shapes, smoothness of texture, pleasantness, pitch, colors, musical genres, and emotional dimensions) using a sample of 68 observers. Consistent crossmodal correspondences were obtained in all cases, including our novel modality (the smoothness of texture). These associations are most likely mediated by both the knowledge of an odor's identity and the underlying hedonic ratings: the knowledge of an odor's identity plays a role when judging the emotional and musical dimensions but not for the angularity of shapes, smoothness of texture, perceived pleasantness, or pitch. Overall, hedonics was the most dominant mediator of crossmodal correspondences.

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Ryan J. Ward, Sophie Wuerger, Alan Marshall, "Smelling sensations: Olfactory crossmodal correspondences (JPI-first)in Proc. IS&T Int’l. Symp. on Electronic Imaging: Human Vision and Electronic Imaging,  2022,  pp - ,  https://doi.org/10.2352/J.Percept.Imaging.2022.5.000402

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