Color congruity effect: Where do colors and numbers interact in synesthesia?

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 259-263

  Kadosh, Roi Cohen ^a   Henik, Avishai ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Congruity effect; Numerical processing; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; DECISION MAKING; DYSESTHESIA; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; SYNESTHESIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 33646178125     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70351-4     Document Type: Article

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