Early detection of markers for synaesthesia in childhood populations

Brain

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-64

  Simner, Julia ^a   Harrold, Jenny ^a   Creed, Harriet ^a   Monro, Louise ^a   Foulkes, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binding; Cross modal; Grapheme colour; Synaesthesia; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; COLOR VISION; COST; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; LIFESPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORY CORTEX; SENSORY EVALUATION; SYNAESTHESIA; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 58849123671     PISSN: 00068950     EISSN: 14602156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/brain/awn292     Document Type: Article

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