Neurocognitive mechanisms of synesthesia. Export

@article{citeulike:938468, abstract = {Synesthesia is a condition in which stimulation of one sensory modality causes unusual experiences in a second, unstimulated modality. Although long treated as a curiosity, recent research with a combination of phenomenological, behavioral, and neuroimaging methods has begun to identify the cognitive and neural basis of synesthesia. Here, we review this literature with an emphasis on grapheme-color synesthesia, in which viewing letters and numbers induces the perception of colors. We discuss both the substantial progress that has been made in the past fifteen years and some open questions. In particular, we focus on debates in the field relating to the neural basis of synesthesia, including the relationship between synesthesia and attention and the role of meaning in synesthetic colors. We propose that some, but probably not all, of these differences can be accounted for by differences in the synesthetes studied and discuss some methodological implications of these individual differences.}, address = {Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. edhubbard@gmail.com}, author = {Hubbard, E. M. and Ramachandran, V. S.}, citeulike-article-id = {938468}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2005.10.012}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16269367}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=16269367}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6WSS-4HG6BDW-C/2/fedc5f297dad0485969721468c129e14}, day = {3}, doi = {10.1016/j.neuron.2005.10.012}, issn = {0896-6273}, journal = {Neuron}, keywords = {neuroscience, review, synaesthesia}, month = {November}, number = {3}, pages = {509--520}, posted-at = {2007-08-14 01:32:56}, priority = {0}, title = {Neurocognitive mechanisms of synesthesia.}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2005.10.012}, volume = {48}, year = {2005} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:938468 L3 - citeulike-article-id:938468 N2 - Synesthesia is a condition in which stimulation of one sensory modality causes unusual experiences in a second, unstimulated modality. Although long treated as a curiosity, recent research with a combination of phenomenological, behavioral, and neuroimaging methods has begun to identify the cognitive and neural basis of synesthesia. Here, we review this literature with an emphasis on grapheme-color synesthesia, in which viewing letters and numbers induces the perception of colors. We discuss both the substantial progress that has been made in the past fifteen years and some open questions. In particular, we focus on debates in the field relating to the neural basis of synesthesia, including the relationship between synesthesia and attention and the role of meaning in synesthetic colors. We propose that some, but probably not all, of these differences can be accounted for by differences in the synesthetes studied and discuss some methodological implications of these individual differences. IS - 3 JF - Neuron SN - 0896-6273 AD - Center for Brain and Cognition, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, USA. edhubbard@gmail.com EP - 520 TI - Neurocognitive mechanisms of synesthesia. VL - 48 SP - 509 KW - neuroscience KW - review KW - synaesthesia AU - Hubbard, EM AU - Ramachandran, VS PY - 2005/11/03/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuron.2005.10.012 ER -