The merit of synesthesia for consciousness research

Synesthesia is a phenomenon in which additional perceptual experiences are elicited by sensory stimuli or cognitive concepts. Synesthetes possess a unique type of phenomenal experiences not directly triggered by sensory stimulation. Therefore, for better understanding of consciousness it is relevant...

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Main Authors: Tessa Marije Van Leeuwen, Wolf eSinger, Danko eNikolić
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01850/full