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| Title |
The Merit of Synesthesia for Consciousness Research
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Frontiers in Psychology, December 2015
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| DOI | 10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01850 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tessa M. van Leeuwen, Wolf Singer, Danko Nikolić |
| Abstract |
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 to identify the mental and physiological processes that subserve synesthetic experience. In the present work we suggest several reasons why synesthesia has merit for research on consciousness. We first review the research on the dynamic and rapidly growing field of the studies of synesthesia. We particularly draw attention to the role of semantics in synesthesia, which is important for establishing synesthetic associations in the brain. We then propose that the interplay between semantics and sensory input in synesthesia can be helpful for the study of the neural correlates of consciousness, especially when making use of ambiguous stimuli for inducing synesthesia. Finally, synesthesia-related alterations of brain networks and functional connectivity can be of merit for the study of consciousness. |
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The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 17 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 6% |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 6% |
| Japan | 1 | 6% |
| United States | 1 | 6% |
| Germany | 1 | 6% |
| Iceland | 1 | 6% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 6% |
| Norway | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 9 | 53% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 15 | 88% |
| Scientists | 2 | 12% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 105 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 3% |
| Croatia | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 99 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 21 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 19 | 18% |
| Researcher | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 12 | 11% |
| Unknown | 22 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 28 | 27% |
| Neuroscience | 17 | 16% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 8 | 8% |
| Linguistics | 6 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 14 | 13% |
| Unknown | 27 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 25. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 March 2024.
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#25,859
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#61
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