Publications

Would you hire Liam over Kirk? Name sound symbolism and hiring

Author(s): Sidhu, D. M., Wingate, T. G., Bourdage, J. S., & Pexman, P. M.

Journal: Acta Psychologica

Published: 2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2025.104978

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Sounds of the future and past

Author(s): Sidhu, D. M. & Peetz, J.

Journal: British Journal of Pyschology

Published: 2024

DOI: https://doi/10.1111/bjop.12753

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Sound symbolism in the lexicon: A review of iconic‐systematicity

Author(s): Sidhu, D. M.

Journal: Language and Linguistics Compass

Published: 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/lnc3.70006

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Effects of iconicity in recognition memory

Author(s): Sidhu, D. M., Khachatoorian, N., & Vigliocco, G.

Journal: Cognitive Science

Published: 2023

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The maluma/takete effect is late: No longitudinal evidence for shape sound symbolism in the first year

Author(s): Sidhu, D. M., Athanasopoulou, A., Archer, S.L., Czarnecki, N., Curtin, & Pexman, P.

Journal: PLOS ONE

Published: 2023

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I don’t see what you’re saying. The maluma/takete effect does not depend on the visual appearance of phonemes as they are articulated

Author(s): Sidhu, D. M., & Vigliocco, G.

Journal: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Published: 2022

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Higher-order factors in sound symbolism

Author(s): Sidhu, D. M., Vigliocco, G., & Pexman, P. M.

Journal: Journal of Memory and Language

Published: 2022

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Is a boat bigger than a ship? Null results in the investigation of vowel sound symbolism on size judgments in real language

Author(s): Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M.

Journal: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Published: 2022

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Impact of perceived interpersonal similarity on attention to the eyes of same-race and other-race face

Author(s): Kawakami, K., Friesen, J. P., Williams, A., Vingilis-Jaremko, L., Sidhu, D. M., Rodriguez-Bailón, R., Cañadas, E., & Hugenberg, K.

Journal: Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications

Published: In press

Implications of the “Language as Situated” view for written iconicity. [Peer commentary on “Language is far less arbitrary than one thinks: Iconicity and indexicality in real-world learning and processing” by M. Murgiano, Y. Motamedi, & G. Vigliocco]

Author(s): Sidhu, D. M., & Pexman, P. M.

Journal: Journal of Cognition

Published: 2021

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An investigation of iconic language development in four datasets

Author(s): Sidhu, D. M., Williamson, J., Slavova, V., & Pexman, P. M.

Journal: Journal of Child Language

Published: 2021

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Sound symbolism shapes the English language: The maluma/takete effect in English nouns

Author(s): Sidhu, D. M., Westbury, C., Hollis, G., & Pexman, P. M.

Journal: Psychonomic Bulletin & Review

Published: 2021

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