Kiki and Booba

From the press release:
2019 Lectures & Curator’s Coffee Series: “The Brain: It’s More Than You Think”

New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science

In an intriguing cross language and cross-culture experiment, 98 percent of people around the world agree on which of these odd-looking shapes should be called Kiki and which should be called Booba, reflecting a general tendency to link sights, sounds, and other sensations

Credit: Courtesy of AMNH/D. Finnin


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