Kemp S E, Gilbert A N
Givaudan-Roure Fragrances, Teaneck, NJ, USA.
Am J Psychol. 1997 Spring;110(1):35-46.
We previously found that untrained subjects make nonrandom color matches to odors and that the color matches are stable over time (Gilbert, Martin, & Kemp, 1996). Here we investigate further aspects of the cross-modal associations between vision and olfaction: whether perceptual dimensions of odor vary systemically with those of vision. Subjects matched Munsell color chips to five odors presented at three concentrations; they also rated odor intensity. Significant negative correlations between Munsell value and perceived odor intensity were found for three odors. The results suggest that stronger odors were associated with darker colors. The cross-modal relationship between vision and olfaction appears to be dimensional: Color lightness varies inversely with perceived odor intensity. This finding parallels the dimensional relations found between other modalities (e.g., lightness varies with loudness).
我们之前发现，未经训练的受试者会对气味进行非随机的颜色匹配，并且这种颜色匹配会随时间保持稳定（吉尔伯特、马丁和肯普，1996年）。在此，我们进一步研究视觉与嗅觉之间跨模态关联的其他方面：气味的感知维度是否会随视觉维度系统性地变化。受试者将孟塞尔色卡与三种浓度下呈现的五种气味进行匹配；他们还对气味强度进行了评分。对于三种气味，发现孟塞尔明度值与感知到的气味强度之间存在显著的负相关。结果表明，气味越强，与之相关的颜色越深。视觉与嗅觉之间的跨模态关系似乎是维度性的：颜色明度与感知到的气味强度呈反比。这一发现与在其他模态之间发现的维度关系相似（例如，明度随响度变化）。
