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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psychology
  • Sensory Perception

Background:

  • Historically, sensory translation attempts, inspired by synaesthesia and structural similarities, have lacked consensual crossmodal matches.
  • A need exists for a new approach to achieve reliable and meaningful sensory translation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the historical and conceptual landscape of sensory translation, particularly between audition and vision.
  • To investigate the relationship between sensory translation, synaesthesia, multisensory integration, and crossmodal associations.
  • To explore the underlying mechanisms and the literal or metaphorical nature of cross-sensory mappings.

Main Methods:

  • Narrative historical review of sensory translation literature.
  • Analysis of concepts related to synaesthesia, multisensory integration, and crossmodal associations.
  • Examination of audio-visual translation mechanisms and stimulus dimensions.

Main Results:

  • Previous methods for sensory translation have not yielded universally agreed-upon crossmodal matches.
  • Understanding common processing mechanisms and amodal dimensions is key to successful sensory translation.
  • The term 'translation' in cross-sensory mappings requires careful consideration of its literal or metaphorical usage.

Conclusions:

  • A novel approach is necessary for establishing consensually agreed crossmodal sensory translations.
  • Findings on audio-visual translation offer insights applicable to other sensory pairings.
  • Further research is needed to clarify the mechanisms and validity of cross-sensory mappings.