The color of touch: A case of tactile-visual synaesthesia

Neurocase

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-180

  Simner, Julia ^a   Ludwig, Vera U ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Color; Cross modality; Neonatal synaesthesia hypothesis; Synaesthesia; Touch

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HARDNESS; HUMAN; LUMINANCE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; TOUCH COLOR SYNAESTHESIA; VISUAL STIMULATION;

COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; TOUCH PERCEPTION;

EID: 84858417493     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2011.568503     Document Type: Article

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