Is synesthesia a form of mental imagery?

Multisensory Imagery

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 185-206

  Craver Lemley, Catherine ^a   Reeves, Adam ^b  

^a ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental imagery; Perky effect; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929538189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-5879-1_10     Document Type: Chapter

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