Mitempfindung in synaesthetes: Co-incidence or meaningful association?

Cortex

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 151-154

  Burrack, Anna ^a   Knoch, Daria ^a   Brugger, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cutaneous senses; Digit color synaesthesia; Plasticity; Referred sensations; Tactile stimulation

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL SENSATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOMENOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SYNESTHESIA; TACTILE STIMULATION;

EID: 33646204240     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-9452(08)70339-3     Document Type: Article

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