Of colored numbers and numbered colors interactive processes in grapheme-color synesthesia

Experimental Psychology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-187

  Gebuis, Titia ^a,b   Nijboer, Tanja C W ^a   Van Der Smagt, Maarten J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bi directionality; Distance effect; Priming; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; VISUAL ILLUSION; STIMULUS GENERALIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GENERALIZATION, STIMULUS; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SEMANTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64249115811     PISSN: 16183169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1618-3169.56.3.180     Document Type: Article

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