Current Researchers and their Theories of synesthesia
 
 
 

Baron-Cohen Grossenbacher Merikle
Cytowic Hubbard Ramachandran
Laeng
Day Martino Smilek
Dixon Mattingley Ward

 


Simon Baron-Cohen

Baron-Cohen, Simon, and John E. Harrison, editors.  1997. Synaesthesia: Classic and
    Contemporary Readings.  Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishers.

Baron-Cohen, Simon.  1996.  " Is There a Normal Phase of Synaesthesia in Development?Psyche; volume 2.

Baron-Cohen, Simon, John Harrison, Laura H. Goldstein, and  Maria Wyke.  1993.  "Coloured
    Speech Perception: Is  Synaesthesia What Happens When Modularity Breaks Down?"
    Perception; volume 22: 419-426.

Baron-Cohen, Simon, Maria A. Wyke, and Colin Binnie.  1987.   "Hearing Words and Seeing
    Colours: An Experimental  Investigation of a Case of Synaesthesia."  Perception;  volume
    16: 761-767.


   Richard Cytowic
 

Cytowic, Richard E.  2002.  Synaesthesia: a Union of the Senses .  Second edition. New York:  Springer-Verlag.

Cytowic, Richard E.  1996.  " Synesthesia: Phenomenology And Neuropsychology ".  Psyche; volume 2.

Cytowic, Richard E.  1997.  "Synaesthesia: phenomenology and neuropsychology - a review of
    current knowledge."  In S. Baron-Cohen and J. Harrison (Eds.); Synaesthesia: Classic and
    Contemporary Readings; Oxford, England: Blackwell.  Pp. 17-39.

Cytowic, Richard E.  1993.  The Man Who Tasted Shapes .  New  York: Putnam.


    Sean A. Day 

Day, Sean A.  2004.  "Trends in Synesthetically Colored Graphemes and Phonemes – 2004 revision."
    http://home.comcast.net/~sean.day/Trends2004.htm

Day, Sean A.  2002.  " One's Own Brain as Trickster – Part II: It's For Your Own Good. "
    Trickster's Way; volume 1.1; Winter.

Day, Sean A.  2001.  "Semi-reflection of Types of Synaesthesia." In C.W. Spinks, ed.;
    Trickster and Ambivalence: The Dance of Differentiation ;  Madison, WI: Atwood.
    Pp. 111-117.

Day, Sean A. (2001).  " Trends in Synesthetically Colored Graphemes and Phonemes ."  Iconicity in Language; volume 1.

Day, Sean A.  1996.  " Synaesthesia and Synaesthetic Metaphors. " Psyche; volume 2, number 32; July.


   Mike Dixon

Smilek, Daniel, and Mike J. Dixon.  2002.  " Towards a synergistic understanding of synaesthesia ."  Psyche;
    volume 8.

Smilek, D. , Mike J. Dixon, Cera Cudahy, & Philip M. Merikle.  2002.  " Synaesthetic colour experiences influence
    memory ." Psychological Science, volume 13: 548-552

Smilek, Daniel, B.A. Moffatt, J. Pasternak, B.N. White, M.J. Dixon, and P.M. Merikle.  2002.  " Synaesthesia:
    a case study of discordant monozygotic twins ."  Neurocase; vol. 8: 338-342.

Smilek, Daniel, Mike J. Dixon, Cera Cudahy, and Philip M. Merikle. 2001.  "Digit-Colour
   Synaesthesia: An Investigation of Extraordinary Conscious Experiences." Cosciousness and
   Cognition; volume 9(2): 39.

Smilek, Daniel, Mike J. Dixon, Cera Cudahy, and Philip M. Merikle.  2001.  " Synaesthetic Photisms
    Influence Visual Perception ."  Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; volume 13.7: 930-936.

Dixon, M. J., Smilek, D., Cudahy, C., & Merikle, P. M. 2000.  "Five plus two equals yellow ."
    Nature, 406, 365.


Grossenbacher

Grossenbacher, Peter G., and Christopher T. Lovelace.  2001.  "Mechanisms of synesthesia: cognitive
    and physiological constraints."  Trends in Cognitive Sciences; volume 5:1: 36-41.

Grossenbacher, Peter G.  1997.  "Perception and sensory information in synesthaetic experience."
    In S. Baron-Cohen and J. Harrison (Eds.); Synaesthesia: Classic and Contemporary
    Readings; Oxford, England: Blackwell.  Pp. 148-172.
 



 

Edward M. Hubbard

Ramachandran, Vilayanur S. and Edward M. Hubbard.  2003a.  " Hearing colors, tasting shapes ."
    Scientific American, 52-59.

Ramachandran, Vilayanur S. and Edward M. Hubbard.  2003b.  " The phenomenology of synaesthesia ."
    Journal of Consciousness Studies, volume 10(8): 49–57.

Ramachandran, Vilayanur S., and Edward M. Hubbard.  2001a.  " Psychophysical Investigations into the
    Neural Basis of Synaesthesia.Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B.; volume 268:
    979-983.

Ramachandran, Vilayanur S., and Edward M. Hubbard.  2001b.  " Synaesthesia -- A window into perception,
    thought and language.Journal of Consciousness Studies; vol. 8(12): 3-34.


Bruno Laeng

Laeng, Bruno, Frode Svartdal, and Hella Oelmann.  " Does color synesthesia pose a paradox for early-selection theories of
    attention?Psychological Science; volume 15.4: 277-281.



Gail Martino

Martino, Gail, and Larry E. Marks.  2001.  "Synesthesia:  Strong and weak forms."  Current Directions
    in Psychological Science; volume 10.2; April: 61-65.

Martino, Gail, and Larry E. Marks.   1999.  "Perceptual and linguistic interactions in speeded classification:
    Tests of the semantic coding hypothesis." Perception ; volume 28: 903-923.


Jason Mattingley

Mattingley, Jason B., Anina N. Rich, Greg Yelland, and John L. Bradshaw.  2001.  "Unconscious
    priming eliminates automatic binding of colour and alphanumeric form in synaesthesia." Nature;
    volume 410; 29 March: 580-582.


    Phil Merikle

Smilek, D. , Mike J. Dixon, Cera Cudahy, and Philip M. Merikle.  2002.  " Synaesthetic colour experiences influence
    memory ." Psychological Science, volume 13: 548-552

Smilek, Daniel, B.A. Moffatt, J. Pasternak, B.N. White, M.J. Dixon, and P.M. Merikle.  2002.  " Synaesthesia:
    a case study of discordant monozygotic twins ."  Neurocase; vol. 8: 338-342.

Smilek, Daniel, Mike J. Dixon, Cera Cudahy, and Philip M. Merikle. 2001.  "Digit-Colour
   Synaesthesia: An Investigation of Extraordinary Conscious Experiences." Cosciousness and
   Cognition; volume 9(2): 39.

Smilek, Daniel, Mike J. Dixon, Cera Cudahy, and Philip M. Merikle.  2001.  " Synaesthetic Photisms
    Influence Visual Perception ."  Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; volume 13.7: 930-936.

Dixon, M. J., Smilek, D., Cudahy, C., & Merikle, P. M. 2000.  "Five plus two equals yellow ."
    Nature, 406, 365.


     V.S. Ramachandran

Ramachandran, Vilayanur S. and Edward M. Hubbard.  2003a.  " Hearing colors, tasting shapes ."
    Scientific American, 52-59.

Ramachandran, Vilayanur S. and Edward M. Hubbard.  2003b.  " The phenomenology of synaesthesia ."
    Journal of Consciousness Studies, volume 10(8): 49–57.

Ramachandran, Vilayanur S., and Edward M. Hubbard.  2001a.  " Psychophysical Investigations into the
    Neural Basis of Synaesthesia.Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B.; volume 268:
    979-983.

Ramachandran, Vilayanur S., and Edward M. Hubbard.  2001b.  " Synaesthesia -- A window into perception,
    thought and language.Journal of Consciousness Studies; vol. 8(12): 3-34.


     Dan Smilek

Smilek, D. , Mike J. Dixon, Cera Cudahy, and Philip M. Merikle.  2002.  " Synaesthetic colour experiences influence
    memory ." Psychological Science, volume 13: 548-552

Smilek, Daniel, B.A. Moffatt, J. Pasternak, B.N. White, M.J. Dixon, and P.M. Merikle.  2002.  " Synaesthesia:
    a case study of discordant monozygotic twins ."  Neurocase; vol. 8: 338-342.

Smilek, Daniel, Mike J. Dixon, Cera Cudahy, and Philip M. Merikle. 2001.  "Digit-Colour
   Synaesthesia: An Investigation of Extraordinary Conscious Experiences." Cosciousness and
   Cognition; volume 9(2): 39.

Smilek, Daniel, Mike J. Dixon, Cera Cudahy, and Philip M. Merikle.  2001.  " Synaesthetic Photisms
    Influence Visual Perception ."  Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience; volume 13.7: 930-936.

Dixon, M. J., Smilek, D., Cudahy, C., & Merikle, P. M. 2000.  "Five plus two equals yellow ."
    Nature, 406, 365.
 


Jamie Ward

Ward, Jamie.  2004.  "Emotianally mediated synaesthesia."  Cognitive Neuropsychology; vol. 21(7): 761-772.
 


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