Type-based associations in grapheme-color synaesthesia revealed by response time distribution analyses

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1548-1557

  Saiki, Jun ^a   Yoshioka, Ayako ^a   Yamamoto, Hiroki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ex Gaussian distribution; Feature binding; Object file; Priming; Response time; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PERCEPTION; READING; RESPONSE TIME; SYNAESTHESIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASSOCIATION LEARNING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054856975     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.07.005     Document Type: Article

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