A is for apple: the role of letter-word associations in the development of grapheme-colour synaesthesia [PDF]
This study investigates the origins of specific letter-colour associations experienced by people with grapheme-colour synaesthesia. We present novel evidence that frequently observed trends in synaesthesia (e.g.
Mankin, Jennifer L, Simner, Julia
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Research Proposal for Study: Can Artifical Emulation of Synesthesia Aid Visual Word Recognition? [PDF]
The field of synesthesia has largely been unexplored beyond mere analysis of the condition and only a few papers on the topic of new applications have been published within the last decade.
Charles, Lucas
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Categorial versus naturalized epistemology
Abstract How do we know what kinds of things constitute knowledge or justified belief? Naturalized epistemology is committed to denying a priori insight into the kinds of kinds that are and are not knowledge or justification makers. By contrast, it is argued here that knowledge of these matters is a priori knowledge of a special kind.
Nick Zangwill
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The emergence of synaesthesia in a Neuronal Network Model via changes in perceptual sensitivity and plasticity [PDF]
Synaesthesia is an unusual perceptual experience in which an inducer stimulus triggers a percept in a different domain in addition to its own. To explore the conditions under which synaesthesia evolves, we studied a neuronal network model that represents
A Pascual-Leone +55 more
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Sound Symbolism in Foreign Language Phonological Acquisition [PDF]
The paper aims at investigating the idea of a symbolic nature of sounds and its implications for in the acquisition of foreign language phonology. Firstly, it will present an overview of universal trends in phonetic symbolism, i.e.
Wrembel, Magdalena
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Perfume advertisements in the aspect of multimodal cohesion
The article deals with the specification of perfume advertisements, focusing on the interaction and cooperation of their semiotic modes, which are interrelated in cohesion both within the same semiotic mode and across different modes. The central objects
Yevhenia Nikiforova +2 more
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Do children with grapheme-colour synaesthesia show cognitive benefits? [PDF]
Grapheme-colour synaesthesia is characterized by conscious and consistent associations between letters and colours, or between numbers and colours (e.g., synaesthetes might see A as red, 7 as green).
Bain, Angela E, Simner, Julia
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Does synaesthesia age? Changes in the quality and consistency of synaesthetic associations [PDF]
Developmental grapheme-colour synaesthesia is a rare condition in which colours become automatically paired with letters or digits in the minds of certain individuals during childhood, and remain paired into adulthood.
Alvarez, James +3 more
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Personality predicts the vibrancy of colour imagery: The case of synaesthesia [PDF]
In this study we show that personality traits predict the physical qualities of mentally generated colours, using the case of synaesthesia. Developmental grapheme-colour synaesthetes have the automatic lifelong association of colours paired to letters or
Alberta Ipser +72 more
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Linguistic Analysis of English Advertising Slogans in Yachting [PDF]
The paper discusses the linguistic characteristics of yachting slogans, short messages that advertise sail and power boats, boating equipment and services in nautical magazines.
Petar Kosović, Tomislav Skračić
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