Immediate transfer of synesthesia to a novel inducer

Journal of Vision

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1-8

  Mroczko, Aleksandra ^a,b   Metzinger, Thomas ^a,c   Singer, Wolf ^b,c   Nikolić, Danko ^b,c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c FRANKFURT INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Glagolitsa; Learning; Stroop test; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR; COLOR VISION; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SEMANTICS; TIME; WRITING;

ADULT; AGED; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONCEPT FORMATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEMANTICS; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFER (PSYCHOLOGY); WRITING;

EID: 77950365253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/9.12.1     Document Type: Article

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