" That's not a real body": Identifying stimulus qualities that modulate synaesthetic experiences of touch

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 720-726

  Holle, Henning ^a   Banissy, Michael ^b   Wright, Thomas ^a   Bowling, Natalie ^a   Ward, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mirror touch; Observed touch; Simulation; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; SENSATION; SENSORY STIMULATION; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TOUCH;

ADULT; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PHYSICAL STIMULATION; SENSATION; TOUCH; TOUCH PERCEPTION; VIDEO RECORDING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051670552     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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