Can synaesthesia research inform cognitive science?

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 177-184

  Cohen Kadosh, Roi ^a   Henik, Avishai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BRAIN; MODAL ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL METHODS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CROSSMODAL INTERACTION; NEUROCOGNITIVE SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL COGNITION; SYNAESTHESIA;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ASSOCIATION; AWARENESS; BASIC RESEARCH; BRAIN MAPPING; COGNITION; COLOR; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NEUROIMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; PSYCHOLOGY; REVIEW; SENSATION; SENSORY EVALUATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNAESTHESIA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

CEREBRAL CORTEX; COGNITIVE SCIENCE; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 33947515697     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tics.2007.01.003     Document Type: Review

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