Music-to-color associations of single-line piano melodies in non-synesthetes

Multisensory Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1-3, 2016, Pages 157-193

  Palmer, Stephen E ^a   Langlois, Thomas A ^b   Schloss, Karen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Color; Cross modal associations; Music; Music to color associations; Synesthesia

Indexed keywords

AUDITION;

COLOR ASSOCIATION; CROSS-MODAL; EMOTIONAL DIMENSIONS; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; MUSIC; MUSICAL PARAMETERS; SENSORY INPUT; SYNESTHESIA;

COLOR;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; COLOR VISION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ASSOCIATION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC;

EID: 84957560258     PISSN: 22134794     EISSN: 22134808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22134808-00002486     Document Type: Article

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