Visual field heterogeneity, laterality, and eidetic imagery in synesthesia

Neurocase

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 169-174

  Brang, David ^a   Ramachandran, V S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bidirectional; Memory; Multisensory; Synaesthesia; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COLOR VISION TEST; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MALE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; COLOR VISION; EIDETIC IMAGERY; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SENSATION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 77951073528     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554790903339645     Document Type: Article

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