Diagnosing and phenotyping visual synaesthesia: A preliminary evaluation of the revised test of genuineness (TOG-R)

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-146

  Asher, Julian E ^a,b   Aitken, Michael R F ^a,b   Farooqi, Nasr ^b   Kurmani, Sameer ^b   Baron Cohen, Simon ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Diagnosis; Perception; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHENOTYPE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORY STIMULATION; VISUAL SYNAESTHESIA;

EID: 33646170059     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70337-X     Document Type: Article

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