The takete-maluma phenomenon in autism spectrum disorders

Perception

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 233-241

  Occelli, Valeria ^a   Esposito, Gianluca ^a,b   Venuti, Paola ^a   Arduino, Giuseppe Maurizio ^c   Zampini, Massimiliano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Centre for Autism and Asperger Syndrome   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Crossmodal correspondences; Pseudosynesthetic correspondences; Sound symbolism; Takete maluma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875792996     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p7357     Document Type: Article

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