NewScientist article features PPLS team
Published on Fri, Jul 15th 2011, 14:48
Kiki or bouba? In search of language's missing link
Christine Cuskley, Simon Kirby and Julia Simner decided to explore the links between sounds and tastes.
Chrissy Cuskley's research concerns the way in which cross-modal connections that we all share might have provided a starting point for the evolution of language by giving a non-arbitrary basis for the eventual evolution of symbols. Her experimental work looking at the connections between various senses and linguistic stimuli is featured on the cover of this week's New Scientist magazine.