{"id":2013,"date":"2026-01-21T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sound-pear.com\/?page_id=2013"},"modified":"2026-03-17T10:17:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:17:14","slug":"olfacoustics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sound-pear.com\/en\/olfacoustics\/","title":{"rendered":"Olfacoustics"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Olfacoustics
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exploring how semantics shape sensory integration
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Olfacoustics is an 18-month post-doctoral project funded by the Hellenic Foundation for Research and Innovation (HFRI) that aims to empirically investigate the semantic mediation hypothesis<\/strong> in auditory-olfactory<\/strong> correspondences.
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\nThis hypothesis proposes that associations between different sensory domains may be partly attributed to shared semantic properties. Auditory-olfactory correspondences constitute an intriguing ground for studying possible semantic mediation effects as their relationship is among the less explored in cross-modal research besides being considered as two of the most ineffable senses.
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\nWhile olfactory and auditory semantics are often based on source-cause categories (‘sounds like a piano’, ‘smells like citrus’, etc.) there is evidence that they may also share some more abstract semantic dimensions such as ‘brightness’, ‘warmth’, ‘clarity’, or ‘richness’.
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\nPI: Asteris Zacharakis<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/ss3-loader><\/div><\/div>

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Discover sound\u2013scent correspondences by taking part in the quiz below.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\nSpence, C., Di Stefano, N., Reinoso-Carvalho, F., Mesz, B., & Zacharakis, A. (2026). \u2018Play the fragrance\u2019: Designing musical soundscapes to match fragrances based on olfactory-auditory crossmodal correspondences. i-Perception, 17(1), 1\u201333. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/20416695251409265
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\nZacharakis A. (2025). The poetry of senses: exploring semantic mediation in timbre-aroma correspondences, Frontiers in Psychology, 16, doi.org\/10.3389\/fpsyg.2025.1520046 \u200b
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\nZacharakis A. (2024). Sonic Bouquet: Decoding Cross-Modal Correspondences Between Timbre and Scent, Music & Science, 7, doi:10.1177\/20592043241274258<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div><\/ss3-loader><\/div><\/div>

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\n\u2022 6th Panhellenic Conference on Cognitive Psychology<\/b> \u2013 Panteion University, 15\u201317 May 2026:<\/span>
\nPresentation title: Semantic influence on auditory\u2013olfactory correspondences: from the overall structure to individual semantic variables.<\/span><\/p>\n

\n \u2022 7th Experimental Scent Summit – ImpactHUB, Athens, 9 June 2026<\/b> :<\/span>
\nTalk title: The Olfacoustics Project: Associations Between Sound and Scent.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n

\n \u2022 4th International Conference on Timbre <\/b> \u2013 University of Montreal, 2-4 July 2026:<\/span>
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