Reduced audio-visual integration in synaesthetes indicated by the double-flash illusion

Brain Research

Volumn 1473, Issue , 2012, Pages 78-86

  Neufeld, Janina ^a,b   Sinke, Christopher ^a,b   Zedler, Markus ^a   Emrich, Hinderk M ^a,b   Szycik, Gregor R ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR SYSTEMS NEUROSCIENCE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Audiovisual; Cross modal integration; Double flash illusion; Synaesthesia; Temporal binding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY VISUAL SYNESTHESIA; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE FLASH ILLUSION; FEMALE; GRAPHEME COLOR SYNESTHESIA; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SYNESTHESIA; VISION; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILLUSIONS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84865510553     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: 18726240     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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