Correction: The poetry of senses: exploring semantic mediation in timbre-aroma correspondences

Asterios Zacharakis^*

• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece

There was a mistake in Figure 2 as published. The labels of three variables (Sweet, Thin, and Ethereal) were interchanged and are corrected as follows: ethereal -> thin, thin -> sweet, sweet -> ethereal. The corrected Figure 2 appears below.The original version of this article has been updated. There was a mistake in the caption of Figure 2 as published. The labels of three of the variables (i.e., Sweet, Thin and Ethereal) were originally interchanged and are corrected as follows: ethereal -> thin, thin -> sweet, sweet -> ethereal. The corrected caption of Figure 2 appears below."[Distribution of weight values assigned for 1,000 runs of the genetic algorithm optimization. This figure indicates that the optimization promotes the importance of some semantic scales (e.g., sweet, warm, bright and full) over others (e.g., rich, ethereal, There was a mistake in the caption of Figure 3 as published due to incorrect variable labelling. The corrected caption of Figure 2 appears below.[1st dimension: (+) complex/full vs. bright/ethereal/sweet/fresh (-); 2nd dimension: (+) thin/sharp vs. warm/full/rich (-). ]The second descriptor of Reminder: Figures, tables, and images will be published under a Creative Commons CC-BY license and permission must be obtained for use of copyrighted material from other sources (including re-published/adapted/modified/partial figures and images from the internet). It is the responsibility of the authors to acquire the licenses, to follow any citation instructions requested by third-party rights holders, and cover any supplementary charges. The figure & raw data files were erroneously published with the original version of this paper. The files have now been [replaced]. The original version of this article has been updated. Adding/removing text In the abstract, [a semantic variable labelling error was made]. This has been corrected to read: [The analysis of semantic variables identified a largely consistent organization for both modalities, condensing into three prominent clusters: [bright, fresh, ethereal], [sharp, metallic], and [full, rich, warm].] The original version of this article has been updated. Adding/removing text [The labels of three variables (Sweet, Thin, and Ethereal) were interchanged]. "[The influence attributed to the descriptors rich, woody, metallic and ethereal was suppressed, while sweet, warm, bright and full were given greater emphasis. Thin, sharp, complex and fresh received moderate weightings on average.]" A correction has been made to the section [3. Results, subsection 3.3 Spatial configurations of auditory and olfactory stimuli, Paragraph 9]: "[The negative end, which includes aromas such as melon and pomegranate as well as sonic flowers, cinnamon, and pomegranate2, generally reflects higher scores in sweet, ethereal, fresh, and bright. For dimension 2, the positive end aligns with thin and sharp, with scents like lemon, lemon blossom, and pepper and timbres such as sour, lemon, bergamot, strawberry and pepper receiving strong ratings on these attributes. In the negative end, timbres like vanilla, caramel, and truffle rate highly in full and rich, while corresponding scents (honey, cinnamon, coffee, caramel, and vanilla) display a mix of warm and full with sweet. [Turning to the specific concepts that emerged from the cluster analysis, the first cluster (in blue) appears to align with attributes of brightness, freshness, and ethereality; … In contrast, thin alternates between the bright/fresh cluster for aromas and the sharp/metallic cluster for timbres, which, however, is not conceptually unexpected. A similar pattern appears with complex, which tends to be more independent within timbre descriptions (loosely associated with full/rich) but aligns with the sharp/metallic cluster in aroma semantics. Finally, sweet also alternates between the bright/fresh cluster in timbre semantics, and the full/rich cluster in aromas semantics. Future work should examine whether these differences reflect systematic differences in how these descriptive terms are used to convey timbral and aromatic qualities, or whether they are driven by specific characteristics of the present stimulus set. A correction has been made to the section [Discussion, Paragraph 7]:[Conversely, descriptors such as full, warm (representing the red cluster), bright (representing the blue cluster) and sweet were the most strongly weighted on average (albeit with wide interquartile ranges). Representatives of the green cluster such as sharp, thin or complex received moderate weightings on average.] A correction has been made to the section [Discussion, Paragraph 8]:[However, it should again be acknowledged that these weightings could simply reflect the particular characteristics of the aromatic and sonic stimuli employed in this study.] A correction has been made to the section [Discussion, Paragraph 10]:[This analysis suggests that dimension 1 represents a spectrum from complex/full to bright/ethereal/sweet/fresh, while dimension 2 spans from thin/sharp to warm/full/rich.]The original version of this article has been updated. for a reason not seen here, please contact the journal's editorial office.