Publication
Title
Synesthesia as (multimodal) mental imagery
Author
Abstract
It has been repeatedly suggested that synesthesia is intricately connected with unusual ways of exercising one?s mental imagery, although it is not always entirely clear what the exact connection is. My aim is to show that all forms of synesthesia are forms of (often very different kinds of) mental imagery and, further, if we consider synesthesia to be a form of mental imagery, we get significant explanatory benefits, especially concerning less central cases of synesthesia where the inducer is not sensory stimulation.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Multisensory Research
Publication
2021
ISSN
2213-4794
DOI
10.1163/22134808-BJA10027
Volume/pages
34 :3 (2021) , p. 281-296
ISI
000631978500003
Pubmed ID
33706281
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UAntwerpen
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Research group
Project info
Seeing things you don't see: Unifying the philosophy, psychology and neuroscience of multimodal mental imagery (STYDS).
The diversity of unconscious mental processes.
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Subject
Affiliation
Publications with a UAntwerp address
External links
Web of Science
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Creation 05.05.2021
Last edited 29.12.2024
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