Colored-speech synaesthesia is triggered by multisensory, not unisensory, perception: Research report

Psychological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 529-533

  Bargary, Gary ^a,b,c   Barnett, Kylie J ^a,b,c   Mitchell, Kevin J ^b,c   Newell, Fiona N ^a,b,c  

^a School of Psychology   (Ireland)

^b Institute of Neuroscience   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLUSION; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 65549085325     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9280.2009.02338.x     Document Type: Article

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