The neural correlates of coloured music: A functional MRI investigation of auditory-visual synaesthesia

Neuropsychologia

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-89

  Neufeld, J ^a,c   Sinke, C ^a,c   Dillo, W ^a   Emrich, H M ^a,c   Szycik, G R ^a   Dima, D ^b   Bleich, S ^a   Zedler, M ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Auditory visual; FMRI; Inferior parietal; Multi sensory; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY VISUAL SYNESTHESIA; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN REGION; COLOR VISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; PARIETAL CORTEX; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SOUND DETECTION; VISUAL AREA V4; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; BRAIN MAPPING; CEREBRAL CORTEX; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSIC; PARIETAL LOBE;

EID: 84855728801     PISSN: 00283932     EISSN: 18733514     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2011.11.001     Document Type: Article

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