Tactile-emotion synesthesia

Neurocase

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 390-399

  Ramachandran, V S ^a   Brang, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Multisensory; Synaesthesia; Synesthesia; Tactile

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL CORTEX; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; LIMBIC CORTEX; NORMAL HUMAN; PALPATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX; TACTILE STIMULATION; TELEVISION CAMERA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TOUCH;

ADULT; AFFECT; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TOUCH; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849102111     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790802363746     Document Type: Article

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