Sound symbolism in synesthesia: Evidence from a lexical-gustatory synesthete

Neurocase

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 640-651

  Bankieris, Kaitlyn ^a   Simner, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cross modal correspondences; Flavor; Phonology; Sound symbolism; Synesthesia; Taste

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; CONSONANTAL VOWEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAPHEME COLOR SYNESTHESIA; HUMAN; LEXICAL GUSTATORY SYNESTHESIA; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; PHONETICS; SALTY TASTE; SENSORY SYSTEM PARAMETERS; SOUND SYMBOLISM; SOUR TASTE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SWEETNESS; SYMBOLISM; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; VOWEL BACKNESS; VOWEL HEIGHT; VOWEL ROUNDEDNESS; CASE REPORT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASTE;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TASTE PERCEPTION;

EID: 84905109844     PISSN: 13554794     EISSN: 14653656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13554794.2013.826693     Document Type: Article

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