A novel, illustrated questionnaire to distinguish projector and associator synaesthetes

Cortex

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 721-729

  Skelton, Richard ^a   Ludwig, Casimir ^a   Mohr, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Associator; Individual differences; Projector; Self report questionnaire; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PERCEPTION DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SYNESTHESIA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 63449126942     PISSN: 00109452     EISSN: 00109452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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