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Dogs share humans' intuition that 'bouba' is round, 'kiki' is spiky

Original: Dogs seem to agree with humans that 'bouba' is round and 'kiki' is spiky

New research suggests dogs, like humans, associate nonsense words with shapes: round objects with soft-sounding words such as 'bouba' and spiky objects with sharp-sounding ones like 'kiki'. The bouba/kiki effect, long documented in humans, may reflect deeper cross-sensory processing shared across species. The finding is drawing attention as it hints that sound-symbolic associations predate human language and could be widespread among mammals.

Why now: People are fascinated by evidence that a human language-related intuition may be shared with dogs.

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• Dogs seem to agree with humans that 'bouba' is round and 'kiki' is spiky · gmays · 347

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