Diagnosing synaesthesia with online colour pickers: Maximising sensitivity and specificity

Journal of Neuroscience Methods

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 156-160

  Rothen, Nicolas ^a   Seth, Anil K ^a   Witzel, Christoph ^a   Ward, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binary classification; Consistency; Diagnosis; ROC; Sensitivity; Specificity; Synaesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYNESTHESIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; READING; ROC CURVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875487596     PISSN: 01650270     EISSN: 1872678X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.02.009     Document Type: Article

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