Cross-modal personality attributions in synaesthetes and non-synaesthetes

Journal of Neuropsychology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 283-301

  Simner, Julia ^a   Gärtner, Oliver ^a   Taylor, Michelle D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION;

EID: 80053006448     PISSN: 17486645     EISSN: 17486653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-6653.2011.02009.x     Document Type: Article

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