Synesthetic tendencies as the basis of sensory symbolism: A review of a series of experiments by means of semantic differential

Psychologia

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 203-215

  Oyama, Tadasu ^a   Yamada, Hiroshi ^b   Iwasawa, Hideki ^b  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Affective meaning; Artistic expression; Sensory symbolism; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032270199     PISSN: 00332852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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