Visuo-spatial representations of the alphabet in synaesthetes and non-synaesthetes

Journal of Neuropsychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-322

  Jonas, Clare N ^a   Taylor, Alisdair J G ^a   Hutton, Sam ^a   Weiss, Peter H ^b   Ward, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; SELF REPORT; SPACE PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052996623     PISSN: 17486645     EISSN: 17486653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-6653.2011.02010.x     Document Type: Article

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