Validating a standardised test battery for synesthesia: Does the Synesthesia Battery reliably detect synesthesia?

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 375-385

  Carmichael, D A ^a,c   Down, M P ^a   Shillcock, R C ^a   Eagleman, D M ^b   Simner, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Consistency; Grapheme colour; Prevalence; Synesthesia; Test; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; PREVALENCE; SYNESTHESIA; SYNESTHESIA BATTERY; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY; COLOR VISION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84923350514     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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