Is synaesthesia a dominantly female trait?

Cognitive Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue 2-3, 2015, Pages 68-76

  Simner, Julia ^a,b   Carmichael, Duncan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Sex ratio; Synaesthesia; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYESIAN LEARNING; COGNITION ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE BIAS; COLOR VISION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; POWER ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SYNESTHESIA; ADOLESCENT; COLOR; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLOR; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939268088     PISSN: 17588928     EISSN: 17588936     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17588928.2015.1019441     Document Type: Article

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