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Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of VR‐Based ASMR Animation: A Comparative Study on Relaxation and Sleep Aid

open access: yesComputer Animation and Virtual Worlds, Volume 37, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
A VR‐based ASMR animation game framework and comparative experiment of three different relaxation methods. ABSTRACT Although numerous studies have explored relaxation and sleep aid through Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) videos or conventional Virtual Reality (VR) relaxation methods, the integration of VR 3D animation with ASMR and its ...
Jiahao Du, Lihua You, Jian Jun Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

Cross-modal associations in synaesthesia: vowel colours in the ear of the beholder [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Human speech conveys many forms of information, but for some exceptional individuals (synaesthetes), listening to speech sounds can automatically induce visual percepts such as colours.
Miller, Sam R.   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Color as A Narrative Device in Illustration: A Systematic Review

open access: yesColor Research &Application, Volume 51, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
Color in picture book illustration operates simultaneously as a representational code, cognitive scaffold, and affective cue supporting theories such as Dual Coding and multimodal discourse while revealing gaps in methodology and cross‐cultural research.
Lidia Jiménez‐Duarte   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A case of co-occuring synesthesia, autism, prodigious talent and strong structural brain connectivity

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2020
Background Synesthesia is a sensory phenomenon where certain domain-specific stimuli trigger additional sensations of e.g. color or texture. The condition occurs in about 4% of the general population, but is overrepresented in individuals with Autism ...
Andreas Riedel   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Comparative Investigation of Synesthesia in “Sight al-Zand” by AbulʿAla Al-MaʿarriAnd the Poetical Works of Shoorideh-E-Shirazi [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات زبانی و بلاغی, 2017
Rhetorical devices make literary works attractive and endow words with pleasant rhythm. Synesthesia, one of these devices, is applied to the combination of two or more senses in a way that increases words effect through creating spiritual rhythm.
Javad Gholamalizadeh   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sensory Transduction and Subjective Experience: Expression of eight genes in three senses suggests a radical model of consciousness [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Recent research into whole genome mapping of the mouse brain has made possible direct investigation of the brain expression of unusual genes. A search of the Allen Brain Atlas database has provided genetic and neuro-anatomical evidence for widespread ...
Chris C. King
core   +1 more source

Synesthesia for manual alphabet letters and numeral signs in second-language users of signed languages [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
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.
Atkinson, J   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Multisituationality and Social Sensibility. Insights From Neophenomenological Sociology

open access: yesJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Sometimes, we do not act in accordance with what we know. For example, we may purchase products that we know are the result of production chains with questionable ethics. This contribution investigates the paradox between social action and rational knowledge, starting from the ambivalence between emotion and reason.
Michele Granzotto
wiley   +1 more source

Mirror-Touch and Ticker Tape Perceptions in Synesthesia

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2013
A fundamental question in the field of synesthesia is whether it is associated with other cognitive phenomena. The current study examined synesthesia’s connections with phenomenal traits of mirror-touch and ticker tape experiences, as well as the ...
Charlotte Anne Chun   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Vicarious Touch: A Potential Substitute for Social Touch During Touch Deprivation

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, Volume 56, Issue 1, Page 19-34, February 2026.
ABSTRACT Restricted interpersonal touch experiences, for instance due to COVID‐19 social distancing measures, result in detrimental effects on anxiety, loneliness and psychological well‐being. Yet, interventions capable of mitigating the impact of social touch deprivation, as experienced during the COVID‐19 pandemic, remain insufficient. In this study,
Louise P. Kirsch   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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