Neuroscience, history and the arts synesthesia: Is F-sharp colored violet?

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 58-65

  Ione, Amy ^a   Tyler, Christopher ^b  

^a Diatrope Institute   (United States)

^b SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Achromatopsia; Color perception; Sensory deficit; Synesthesia; Visual art

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BRAIN MAPPING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR; COLOR BLINDNESS; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; EXPERIENCE; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MUSIC; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REVIEW; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY NERVE; SYMPTOM; SYNESTHESIA; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MEDICINE IN ART; MUSIC; PERCEPTION; SENSATION DISORDERS;

EID: 4744350228     PISSN: 0964704X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09647040490885493     Document Type: Review

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