An exploratory study of linguistic-colour associations across languages in multilingual synaesthetes

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1343-1355

  Barnett, Kylie J ^a   Feeney, Joanne ^a   Gormley, Michael ^a   Newell, Fiona N ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Concept; Critical period; Inducer; Language acquisition; Multilingual; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMANTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEMANTICS; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68349114680     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210802483461     Document Type: Article

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