Why we are not all synesthetes (not even weakly so)

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 643-664

  Deroy, Ophelia ^a   Spence, Charles ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crossmodal associations; Crossmodal correspondence; Strong synesthesia; Synesthesia; Weak synesthesia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSATION; SYNESTHESIA;

HUMANS; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; SENSATION;

EID: 84875517410     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-013-0387-2     Document Type: Article

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