Synthetic synaesthesia and sensory substitution

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 501-503

  Proulx, Michael J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blind; Expertise; Sensory substitution; Synaesthesia; Visual consciousness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SYSTEM; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; SENSORIMOTOR CORTEX; SENSORY STIMULATION;

EID: 77649232023     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.12.005     Document Type: Note

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