Synesthesia affects verification of simple arithmetic equations

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-189

  Ghirardelli, Thomas ^a   Mills, Carol ^a   Zilioli, Monica ^b   Bailey, Leah ^a   Kretschmar, Paige ^c  

^a GOUCHER COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Arithmetic verification; Numerical representation; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; REACTION TIME;

EID: 77950225599     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00221301003645152     Document Type: Article

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