The cerebral bases of the bouba-kiki effect

@article{PeifferSmadja2019TheCB,
  title={The cerebral bases of the bouba-kiki effect},
  author={Nathan Peiffer-Smadja and Laurent D. Cohen},
  journal={NeuroImage},
  year={2019},
  volume={186},
  pages={679-689}
}
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