Smets G J, Overbeeke C J
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.
Percept Mot Skills. 1989 Aug;69(1):227-33. doi: 10.2466/pms.1989.69.1.227.
This article describes three experiments on the possibility of expressing scent or sound into visual forms made by design engineering students. The hypothesis tested was that people are able to pick up patterns in the energy flow that the students transposed from one perceptual sense to another. In Exp. 1 subjects were given different scents and were asked to choose a sculpture designed according these scents. In Exp. 2 subjects were given different musical pieces and asked to match them with portable cassette players designed according to this music. Exp. 3 was identical to Exp. 2 but different music selections, similar to the ones in Exp. 2, were used. In all three experiments subjects were indeed able to perform the tasks above chance level. Results are discussed within the framework of the theory of direct perception of Gibson.
本文描述了三项关于将气味或声音转化为设计工程专业学生所制作的视觉形式的可能性的实验。所检验的假设是，人们能够识别学生从一种感知觉转换到另一种感知觉的能量流中的模式。在实验1中，给受试者不同的气味，并要求他们选择根据这些气味设计的雕塑。在实验2中，给受试者不同的音乐片段，并要求他们将其与根据该音乐设计的便携式盒式磁带播放器相匹配。实验3与实验2相同，但使用了与实验2中类似的不同音乐选段。在所有这三项实验中，受试者确实能够在高于机遇水平的情况下完成上述任务。结果在吉布森的直接知觉理论框架内进行了讨论。
