Sound-shape associations (e.g., preferentially matching angular shapes with high-pitched sounds and smooth shapes with low-pitched ones) have been almost universally observed in humans. If cross-modally congruent sounds and shapes are more robustly integrated in humans, distinguishing them in time might be hypothetically more challenging compared to incongruent sound-shape pairings. Supporting this premise, a highly cited work by Parise and Spence (2009; n = 12) reported worse temporal order judgement performance for audiovisual stimuli with congruent compared to incongruent sound-shape associations. Here, we report the results of five experiments across two laboratories, including a preregistered replication attempt, all (∑n = 102) failing to replicate the original results. Additionally, frequentist and Bayesian meta-analyses found no evidence against the null hypothesis, revealing a negligible effect size. The combined results indicate that multisensory temporal resolution in humans is unaffected by sound-shape associations, which might arise at a later (or parallel) processing stage compared to cross-modal temporal order judgements. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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没有证据表明声音-形状关联影响人类的时间分辨率：Parise 和 Spence (2009) 的五次非重复和荟萃分析。


声音与形状的关联（例如，优先将有角的形状与高音调的声音相匹配，将光滑的形状与低音调的声音相匹配）几乎在人类中普遍观察到。如果跨模态一致的声音和形状在人类中更加稳健地整合，那么与不一致的声音形状配对相比，及时区分它们可能更具挑战性。 Parise 和 Spence (2009; n = 12) 的一篇被高度引用的著作支持了这一前提，报告称，与不一致的声音形状关联相比，一致的视听刺激的时间顺序判断性能更差。在这里，我们报告了两个实验室的五次实验的结果，包括预先注册的复制尝试，所有 (Σn = 102) 都未能复制原始结果。此外，频率论和贝叶斯荟萃分析没有发现反对零假设的证据，表明效应大小可以忽略不计。综合结果表明，人类的多感官时间分辨率不受声音形状关联的影响，与跨模式时间顺序判断相比，声音形状关联可能出现在较晚（或并行）的处理阶段。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。