• Assessing mechanisms behind crossmodal associations between visual textures and temperature concepts 

      Escobar Barbosa, Francisco; Velasco, Carlos; Byrne, Derek V.; Wang, Qian J (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      In the last decades, there has been a growing interest in crossmodal correspondences, including those involving temperature. However, only a few studies have explicitly examined the underlying mechanisms behind temperature-related ...
    • Crossmodal associations between visual textures and temperature concepts 

      Escobar, Francisco Jose Barbosa; Velasco, Carlos; Byrne, Derek V.; Wang, Qian J (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Visual textures are critical in how individuals form sensory expectations about objects, which include somatosensory properties such as temperature. This study aimed to uncover crossmodal associations between visual textures ...
    • The temperature of emotions 

      Barbosa Escobar, Francisco; Velasco, Carlos; Motoki, Kosuke; Byrne, Derek V.; Wang, Qian Janice (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Emotions and temperature are closely related through embodied processes, and people seem to associate temperature concepts with emotions. While this relationship is often evidenced by everyday language (e.g., cold and warm ...