A longitudinal study of grapheme-color synesthesia in childhood: 6/7 years to 10/11 years

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn , Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Simner, Julia ^a   Bain, Angela E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Children; Consistency; Development; Grapheme color synesthesia; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GRAPHEME COLOR SYNESTHESIA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84888124595     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00603     Document Type: Article

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