A critical review of the neuroimaging literature on synesthesia

JM Hupé, M Dojat - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2015‏ - frontiersin.org
Synesthesia refers to additional sensations experienced by some people for specific
stimulations, such as the systematic arbitrary association of colors to letters for the most …

Synesthesia and learning: a critical review and novel theory

MR Watson, KA Akins, C Spiker, L Crawford… - Frontiers in human …, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
Learning and synesthesia are profoundly interconnected. On the one hand, the
development of synesthesia is clearly influenced by learning. Synesthetic inducers–the …

Atypical sensory sensitivity as a shared feature between synaesthesia and autism

J Ward, C Hoadley, JEA Hughes, P Smith, C Allison… - Scientific Reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Several studies have suggested that there is a link between synaesthesia and autism but the
nature of that link remains poorly characterised. The present study considers whether …

Diagnosing synaesthesia with online colour pickers: maximising sensitivity and specificity

N Rothen, AK Seth, C Witzel, J Ward - Journal of neuroscience methods, 2013‏ - Elsevier
The most commonly used method for formally assessing grapheme-colour synaesthesia (ie,
experiencing colours in response to letter and/or number stimuli) involves selecting colours …

Adults can be trained to acquire synesthetic experiences

D Bor, N Rothen, DJ Schwartzman, S Clayton… - Scientific reports, 2014‏ - nature.com
Synesthesia is a condition where presentation of one perceptual class consistently evokes
additional experiences in different perceptual categories. Synesthesia is widely considered …

Is synesthesia more common in patients with Asperger syndrome?

J Neufeld, M Roy, A Zapf, C Sinke… - Frontiers in human …, 2013‏ - frontiersin.org
There is increasing evidence from case reports that synesthesia is more common in
individuals with autism spectrum conditions (ASC). Further, genes related to synesthesia …

Are synesthetes exceptional beyond their synesthetic associations? A systematic comparison of creativity, personality, cognition, and mental imagery in synesthetes …

CA Chun, JM Hupé - British Journal of Psychology, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
Synesthesia has historically been linked with enhanced creativity, but this had never been
demonstrated in a systematically recruited sample. The current study offers a broad …

Synaesthesia and autism: Different developmental outcomes from overlap** mechanisms?

TM Van Leeuwen, J Neufeld, J Hughes… - Cognitive …, 2020‏ - Taylor & Francis
Synaesthesia, a mixing of the senses, is more common in individuals with autism. Here, we
review the evidence for the association between synaesthesia and autism with regard to …

Semantic mechanisms may be responsible for develo** synesthesia

A Mroczko-Wąsowicz, D Nikolić - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2014‏ - frontiersin.org
Currently, little is known about how synesthesia develops and which aspects of synesthesia
can be acquired through a learning process. We review the increasing evidence for the role …

Music-colour synaesthesia: Concept, context and qualia

C Curwen - Consciousness and cognition, 2018‏ - Elsevier
This review provides a commentary on coloured-hearing arising on hearing music: music-
colour synaesthesia. Although traditionally explained by the hyperconnectivity theory …