Developing synaesthesia

• Main Author: Nicolas Rothen (auth)
• Other Authors: Julia Simner (auth), Beat Meier (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Neurosciences; synaesthesia; development; Grapheme colour; Immune System; drugs; training; congenital; neurotransmitter; autism
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Synaesthesia is a condition in which a stimulus elicits an additional subjective experience. For example, the letter E printed in black (the inducer) may trigger an additional colour experience as a concurrent (e.g., blue). Synaesthesia tends to run in families and thus, a genetic component is likel...