Comments on: Bouba/Kiki

By: Shock & Loss in a Dangerous Time « da kraziest sekuritie kamz

Shock & Loss in a Dangerous Time « da kraziest sekuritie kamz — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 18:27:28 +0000

[...] the Bouba-Kiki Effect , people are shown a pointy picture or a curvy picture and asked to identify it as [...]

By: PLK

PLK — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 01:53:34 +0000

I did the Bouba-Kiki effect for my 6th grade science fair project. 93.6% of my respondents picked the bouba as rounded. I think it would be interesting to compare how males and females differed. Of the 95total subjects i studied, only 7 respondents picked backwards. They were as follows: 6 males and only 1 female. This difference might be interesting to further study. My mom teaches autistic kids and i might do this test on autistic kids next year to when i get in high school

By: Baby J

Baby J — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:02:49 +0000

I’m doing this project for my science fair project. i will update you on how it turned out.!.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:38:31 +0000

It’s not really related to autism, but I found the results from the results noted in the November 2006 Scientific American of interest regarding my son’s speech and how his mind might work.

By: Lumi

Lumi — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:05:23 +0000

is the bouba kiki really related to autism? i need to know cause i am doing a project on it.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:54:06 +0000

Thanks for the correction—it is more than appreciated.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 20:46:35 +0000

This is not the Bouba/Kiki test.

The actual test is conducted in this manner: “a researcher displays two crudely drawn shapes, one jagged and one curvy, to an audience and asks” the question.

Asks. Verbally. The subjects HEAR the words, hence are unbiased by the visual “booba” with its fourd roundish letteres and the angular K’s and I’s of the “kiki” when seen in print.

Claiming to represent a cognitive/senses test in print, but acting as if seeing the words in silence is the same test as hearing words you’ve never seen? Not even giving lip service to the difference? Bad science! You might as well not show the pictures either, just describe a rounded and angular shape. Interesting test, yes, but it is NOT the Kiki/Bouba test, and should not be labeled as such.

By: Tom

Tom — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 21:26:58 +0000

Hi Folks, I think that I have a good explanation of just why autistic children have problems with this test (if I can get it published somewhere!)

By: zilari

zilari — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 05:26:38 +0000

That is a really weird test. Both the words are nonsense, so assigning them to a shape seems arbitrary at best.

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:38:20 +0000

Will change it—–let me know what you think. I chose that image because of a reference to jagged fragments like broken glass.