Crossmodal integration between visual linguistic information and flavour perception

Eugenia Razumiejczyk; Guillermo Macbeth; Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos; Kimihiro Noguchi

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2015.03.035

Crossmodal integration between visual linguistic information and flavour perception

Appetite. 2015 Aug:91:76-82. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.03.035. Epub 2015 Apr 2.

Authors

Eugenia Razumiejczyk¹, Guillermo Macbeth¹, Fernando Marmolejo-Ramos², Kimihiro Noguchi³

Affiliations

¹ National Scientific and Technical Research Council, Department of Education Sciences, National University of Entre Ríos, Argentina.
² Gösta Ekman Laboratory, Department of Psychology, Stockholm University, Sweden. Electronic address: fernando.marmolejo.ramos@psychology.su.se.
³ Department of Mathematics, Western Washington University, USA.

PMID: 25843936
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.03.035

Abstract

Many studies have found processing interference in working memory when complex information that enters the cognitive system from different modalities has to be integrated to understand the environment and promote adjustment. Here, we report on a Stroop study that provides evidence concerned with the crossmodal processing of flavour perception and visual language. We found a facilitation effect in the congruency condition. Acceleration was observed for incomplete words and anagrams compared to complete words. A crossmodal completion account is presented for such findings. It is concluded that the crossmodal integration between flavour and visual language perception requires the active participation of top-down and bottom-up processing.

Keywords: Anagrams; Crossmodality; Flavour; Stroop; Vision; Working memory.

Publication types

Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adult
Argentina
Comprehension*
Female
Games, Experimental
Humans
Language*
Linguistics / methods*
Male
Memory, Short-Term
Models, Psychological*
Reaction Time
Reading*
Stroop Test
Taste Perception*
Universities
Up-Regulation*
Young Adult