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Keywords: crossmodal correspondence, taste/flavor, culture, color, shape, texture
Citation: Wan X, Woods AT, van den Bosch JJF, McKenzie KJ, Velasco C and Spence C (2014) Cross-cultural differences in crossmodal correspondences between basic tastes and visual features. Front. Psychol. 5:1365. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01365
Received: 11 October 2014; Accepted: 10 November 2014;
Published online: 08 December 2014.
Edited by:Anna M. Borghi, University of Bologna, Italy
Reviewed by:Costantini Marcello, University of Chieti, Italy
Dermot Lynott, Lancaster University, UK
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*Correspondence: Xiaoang Wan, Department of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org