Implications of synaesthesia for functionalism: Theory and experiments

Journal of Consciousness Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 5-31

  Gray, Jeffrey A ^a   Chopping, Susan ^a   Nunn, Julia ^b   Parslow, David ^a   Gregory, Lloyd ^c   Williams, Steve ^a   Brammer, Michael J ^a   Baron Cohen, Simon ^d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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