Synesthesia: an introduction. by Banissy, M, Jonas, C, Kadosh, R

Synesthesia: Gluing Together Time, Number, and Space by Kadosh, R, Gertner, L

“…This chapter describes the phenomenon of time and/or number, space (TNS) synesthesia, its possible neural mechanisms and its effect on everyday life functioning. …”

Implications of number-space synesthesia on the automaticity of numerical processing by Gertner, L, Henik, A, Reznik, D, Cohen Kadosh, R

Implications of number-space synesthesia on the automaticity of numerical processing. by Gertner, L, Henik, A, Reznik, D, Cohen Kadosh, R

When 9 is not on the right: implications from number-form synesthesia. by Gertner, L, Henik, A, Cohen Kadosh, R

“…The findings suggest that: (a) number-form synesthesia impairs the ability to represent numbers in a flexible manner according to task demands; (b) number-form synesthesia is a genuine tangible experience, triggered involuntarily; and (c) the classic mental number line can be more pliable than previously thought and appears to be independent of cultural-lingo direction.…”

Enhanced cortical excitability in grapheme-color synesthesia and its modulation. by Terhune, D, Tai, S, Cowey, A, Popescu, T, Cohen Kadosh, R

“…Synesthesia is an unusual condition characterized by the over-binding of two or more features and the concomitant automatic and conscious experience of atypical, ancillary images or perceptions. …”

Bidirectionality in synesthesia: evidence from a multiplication verification task. by Gevers, W, Imbo, I, Cohen Kadosh, R, Fias, W, Hartsuiker, R

“…Up until recently, synesthesia was believed to be unidirectional. For instance, the number 7 gives rise to the percept of turquoise but the perception of turquoise does not trigger the number 7. …”

Color congruity effect: where do colors and numbers interact in synesthesia? by Cohen Kadosh, R, Henik, A

“…Moreover, by using the current paradigm it is possible to determine the stage at which color-digit binding in synesthesia occurs.…”

Exceptional abilities in the spatial representation of numbers and time: insights from synesthesia. by Cohen Kadosh, R, Gertner, L, Terhune, D

“…They make the case that studies of exceptional representations, such as of time, number, and space in synesthesia, can provide us with insights regarding the nature of the neurocognitive mechanisms of these dimensions, as well as their developmental, evolutionary, and cultural origins.…”

Enhanced dimension-specific visual working memory in grapheme-color synesthesia. by Terhune, D, Wudarczyk, O, Kochuparampil, P, Cohen Kadosh, R

“…We examined this by investigating whether having grapheme-color synesthesia, a condition characterized by the involuntary experience of color photisms when reading or representing graphemes, would confer benefits on working memory. …”

When blue is larger than red: colors influence numerical cognition in synesthesia. by Cohen Kadosh, R, Sagiv, N, Linden, D, Robertson, L, Elinger, G, Henik, A

“…In synesthesia, certain stimuli ("inducers") may give rise to perceptual experience in additional modalities not normally associated with them ("concurrent"). …”

Increased resting state network connectivity in synesthesia: evidence for a neural basis of synesthetic consistency. by Rothen, N, Terhune, D

The neuronal correlate of bidirectional synesthesia: a combined event-related potential and functional magnetic resonance imaging study. by Cohen Kadosh, R, Cohen Kadosh, K, Henik, A

“…The results support: (1) the genuineness of bidirectional synesthesia at the neuronal level, (2) the possibility that discrepancy in the neuronal correlates of synesthesia between previous studies might be task-related, and (3) the possibility that synesthesia might not be a unitary phenomenon.…”

The crossmodal correspondences between basic tastes and visual features: examining visual synergies and the underlying psychological mechanisms by Lee, BP

Subjects:

A whole-genome scan and fine-mapping linkage study of auditory-visual synesthesia reveals evidence of linkage to chromosomes 2q24, 5q33, 6p12, and 12p12. by Asher, J, Lamb, J, Brocklebank, D, Cazier, J, Maestrini, E, Addis, L, Sen, M, Baron-Cohen, S, Monaco, A

“…Synesthesia, a neurological condition affecting between 0.05%-1% of the population, is characterized by anomalous sensory perception and associated alterations in cognitive function due to interference from synesthetic percepts. …”

Influences of visuospatial mental processes and cortical excitability on numerical cognition and learning by Thompson, J

Subjects:

Why we are not all synesthetes (not even weakly so). by Deroy, O, Spence, C

“…We believe that crossmodal correspondences should be studied in their own right and not assimilated, either in terms of the name used or in terms of the explanation given, to synesthesia. To conflate these two phenomena is both inappropriate and potentially misleading. …”

A synesthetic walk on the mental number line: the size effect. by Cohen Kadosh, R, Tzelgov, J, Henik, A

“…In addition, the results show that in digit-color synesthesia, colors can evoke numerical representation automatically.…”

When a line is a number: color yields magnitude information in a digit-color synesthete. by Cohen Kadosh, R, Henik, A

“…The phenomenon of synesthesia has received a great deal of interest recently in the scientific literature. …”

The neuropsychology of visual feature binding by Humphreys, G, Jane Riddoch, M

“…The relations between neuropsychological disorders of binding and synesthesia are discussed. Although both the temporal and spatial binding accounts stress the operation of a single binding process, there is some suggestion that several forms of binding operate, probably modulated by different brain regions. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. …”