Anomalous auditory cortex activations in colored hearing synaesthetes: An fMRI-study

Seeing and Perceiving

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 391-405

  Gaschler Markefski, Birgit ^a,b   Szycik, Gregor R ^c   Sinke, Christopher ^c,d   Neufeld, Janina ^c,d   Schneider, Udo ^c   Baumgart, Frank ^a   Dierks, Oliver ^c   Stiegemann, Ursula ^c   Scheich, Henning ^a   Emrich, Hinderk Meiners ^c   Zedler, Markus ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR NEUROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM PHARMA GMBH AND CO KG   (Germany)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^d CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

FMRI; Speech; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN ACTIVATION; COLOR PROCESSING; CORTICAL AREAS; CROSS-MODAL; FMRI; FUSIFORM GYRUS; HIGH-ACTIVATION; SUPERIOR TEMPORAL GYRUS; SYNAESTHESIA; TEMPORAL GYRUS; VISUAL AREAS;

AUDITION; COLOR; SPEECH;

CHEMICAL ACTIVATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGED; AUDITORY CORTEX; BRAIN MAPPING; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TEMPORAL LOBE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053402437     PISSN: 18784755     EISSN: 18784763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/187847511X588061     Document Type: Article

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