Anomalous perception in synaesthesia: A cognitive neuroscience perspective

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 43-52

  Rich, Anina N ^a   Mattingley, Jason B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; HEARING; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISION;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SENSATION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036358331     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn702     Document Type: Article

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