{"pk":25483,"title":"Sound-Symbolism is Disrupted in Dyslexia: Implications for the Role of\nCross-Modal Abstraction Processes","subtitle":null,"abstract":"Research into sound-symbolism has shown that people can\nconsistently associate certain pseudo-words with certain referents;\nfor instance, pseudo-words with rounded vowels and\nsonorant consonants are linked to round shapes, while pseudowords\nwith unrounded vowels and obstruents (with a noncontinuous\nairflow), are associated with sharp shapes. Such\nsound-symbolic associations have been proposed to arise from\ncross-modal abstraction processes. Here we assess the link between\nsound-symbolism and cross-modal abstraction by testing\ndyslexic individuals’ ability to make sound-symbolic associations.\nDyslexic individuals are known to have deficiencies\nin cross-modal processing. We find that dyslexic individuals\nare impaired in their ability to make sound-symbolic associations\nrelative to the controls. Our results shed light on the cognitive\nunderpinnings of sound-symbolism by providing novel\nevidence for the role —and disruptability— of cross-modal abstraction\nprocesses in sound-symbolic e?ects.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[{"word":"sound-symbolism; bouba-kiki e\u000bect; dyslexia;\ncross-modal abstraction"}],"section":"Papers","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4gw395g0","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Linda","middle_name":"","last_name":"Drijvers","name_suffix":"","institution":"Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Cognition","department":""},{"first_name":"Lorijn","middle_name":"","last_name":"Zaadnoordijk","name_suffix":"","institution":"Radboud University Nijmegen, Donders Institute for Brain, Behaviour and Cognition","department":""},{"first_name":"Mark","middle_name":"","last_name":"Dingemanse","name_suffix":"","institution":"Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"2015-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/25483/galley/15107/download/"}]}