Enhanced associative memory for colour (but not shape or location) in synaesthesia

Cognition

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-234

  Pritchard, Jamie ^a   Rothen, Nicolas ^a   Coolbear, Daniel ^a   Ward, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour color; Memory; Perception; Synaesthesia synesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATIVE MEMORY; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAPHEME COLOR SYNESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOCATION; MALE; MENTAL TASK; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; SHAPE; STIMULUS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84874460462     PISSN: 00100277     EISSN: 18737838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2012.12.012     Document Type: Article

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