Synesthesia: when colors count
Publisher DOI
PubMed ID
15936180
Abstract
A tacitly held assumption in synesthesia research is the unidirectionality of digit-color associations. This notion is based on synesthetes' report that digits evoke a color percept, but colors do not elicit any numerical impression. In a random color generation task, we found evidence for an implicit co-activation of digits by colors, a finding that constrains neurological theories concerning cross-modal associations in general and synesthesia in particular.
Date Issued
2005-09
Publication Type
Article
Subject(s)
Subjects
Neural basis of behavior
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Cognition
Language(s)
en
Additional Credits
Journal
Cognitive brain research
Publisher
Elsevier
ISSN
0926-6410
Access(Rights)
restricted