The role of conceptual knowledge in understanding synesthesia: Evaluating contemporary findings from a "hub-and-spokes" perspective

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue FEB, 2014, Pages

  Chiou, Rocco ^a,b   Rich, Anina N ^a,b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Color memory; Multisensory integration; Object knowledge; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897633548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00105     Document Type: Article

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