Time-space synaesthesia - A cognitive advantage?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 619-627

  Mann, Heather ^a   Korzenko, Jason ^b   Carriere, Jonathan S A ^b   Dixon, Mike J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Forms; Individual differences; Month; Prevalence; Synaesthesia; Synesthesia; Time; Time space synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOMENOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME SPACE SYNESTHESIA;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; AWARENESS; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JUDGMENT; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 69249203467     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.06.005     Document Type: Article

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