New Scientist

Dogs are susceptible to the bouba-kiki effect

Just like humans, dogs seem to associate the nonsense word “bouba” with a rounded shape and “kiki” with a spiky shape, suggesting the connection stems from brain mechanisms that are shared between species

By New Scientist

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Dogs are susceptible to the bouba-kiki effect
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