| Title |
Pseudo-Synesthesia through Reading Books with Colored Letters
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2012
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0039799 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Olympia Colizoli, Jaap M. J. Murre, Romke Rouw |
| Abstract |
Synesthesia is a phenomenon where a stimulus produces consistent extraordinary subjective experiences. A relatively common type of synesthesia involves perception of color when viewing letters (e.g. the letter 'a' always appears as light blue). In this study, we examine whether traits typically regarded as markers of synesthesia can be acquired by simply reading in color. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 31 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 5 | 16% |
| Canada | 2 | 6% |
| South Africa | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 3% |
| Cuba | 1 | 3% |
| United States | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 16 | 52% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 23 | 74% |
| Scientists | 7 | 23% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 120 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 6 | 5% |
| United States | 2 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 110 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 31 | 26% |
| Student > Master | 21 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 15% |
| Researcher | 8 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 17 | 14% |
| Unknown | 19 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 51 | 43% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 7 | 6% |
| Social Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Arts and Humanities | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 18 | 15% |
| Unknown | 24 | 20% |