ICPS

2023 International Convention of Psychological Science · 2023

Relaxing and Stimulating Effects of Music and Odor: Behavioral Investigation of a Crossmodal Paradox

Brussels, Belgium · March 2023

poster · Cognitive Science

  • Rémi Moncorgé
    CSGA - University of Burgundy
  • Alessia Baccarani
    Université de Bourgogne, CSGA, Dijon
  • Sophie Donnadieu
    Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Chambéry, LPNC - CNRS, Grenoble
  • Renaud Brochard
    Université de Bourgogne, CSGA, Dijon

Abstract

Recent research showed a surprising absence of relaxing effect of music and odor when jointly presented. In our study, if time distortions observed (using a bisection task) in monomodal conditions disappear in a multimodal condition, regardless of the stimulus arousal property, sensory overload can be confirmed as an explanation.

Perception