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Dogs Seem to Agree With Humans That 'Bouba' Is Round And 'Kiki' Is Spiky

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Dogs seem to agree with humans that 'bouba' is round and 'kiki' is spiky 348 pts · 219 comments · Oct 2026 348 pts · 219 comments · Oct 2026
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Dogs Seem to Agree with Humans That 'Bouba' Is Round and 'Kiki' Is Spiky 3 pts · 1 comment · Oct 2026 3 pts · 1 comment · Oct 2026
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Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicks science.org science.org
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Words known better by males than females, and vice versa observablehq.com observablehq.com
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Molyneux's problem en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Which is "Bouba", and which is "Kiki"? [video] youtube.com youtube.com
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Bouba / Kiki Effect en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Why ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ Sound So Similar in So Many Languages theatlantic.com theatlantic.com
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Why spiky shapes seem angry and round sounds are calming digest.bps.org.uk digest.bps.org.uk
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Ability to identify genuine laughter transcends culture sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com
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Distant languages have similar sounds for common words economist.com economist.com
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Are We All Synesthetes? theness.com theness.com
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Oohs And Aahs: Vowel Sounds Affect Our Perceptions Of Products sciencedaily.com sciencedaily.com
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Clever Hans en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicks 205 pts · 107 comments · Feb 2026 205 pts · 107 comments · Feb 2026
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Bouba / Kiki Effect 15 pts · 2 comments · Sep 2025 15 pts · 2 comments · Sep 2025
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Why ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ Sound So Similar in So Many Languages 13 pts · 1 comment · Mar 2022 13 pts · 1 comment · Mar 2022
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Words known better by males than females, and vice versa 673 pts · 650 comments · Feb 2022 673 pts · 650 comments · Feb 2022
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Why spiky shapes seem angry and round sounds are calming 74 pts · 21 comments · Aug 2019 74 pts · 21 comments · Aug 2019
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Ability to identify genuine laughter transcends culture 32 pts · 2 comments · Jul 2018 32 pts · 2 comments · Jul 2018
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Molyneux's problem 122 pts · 68 comments · Apr 2018 122 pts · 68 comments · Apr 2018
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Distant languages have similar sounds for common words 44 pts · 60 comments · Sep 2016 44 pts · 60 comments · Sep 2016
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Are We All Synesthetes? 13 pts · 9 comments · May 2009 13 pts · 9 comments · May 2009
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Oohs And Aahs: Vowel Sounds Affect Our Perceptions Of Products 12 pts · 4 comments · Sep 2007 12 pts · 4 comments · Sep 2007
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