Synaesthesia, color terms, and color space: Color claims came from color names in Beeli, Esslen, and Jäncke (2007): Commentary

Psychological Science

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 412-414

  Simner, Julia ^a   Ward, Jamie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; NOTE; PERCEPTION DISORDER;

COLOR PERCEPTION; HUMANS; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 41849100396     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2008.02101.x     Document Type: Note

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