Atkinson, J;
Lyons, T;
Eagleman, D;
Woll, B;
Ward, J;
(2016)
Synesthesia for manual alphabet letters and numeral signs in second-language users of signed languages.
Neurocase
, 22
(4)
pp. 379-386.
10.1080/13554794.2016.1198489.
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Abstract
Many synesthetes experience colors when viewing letters or digits. We document, for the first time, an analogous phenomenon among users of signed languages who showed color synesthesia for fingerspelled letters and signed numerals. Four synesthetes experienced colors when they viewed manual letters and numerals (in two cases, colors were subjectively projected on to the hands). There was a correspondence between the colors experienced for written graphemes and their manual counterparts, suggesting that the development of these two types of synesthesia is interdependent despite the fact that these systems are superficially distinct and rely on different perceptual recognition mechanisms in the brain.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Synesthesia for manual alphabet letters and numeral signs in second-language users of signed languages |
| Location: | England |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13554794.2016.1198489 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2016.1198489 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Neurocase on 28 June 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13554794.2016.1198489 |
| Keywords: | American sign language, British sign language, Synesthesia, deaf, fingerspelling |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1502671 |
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