APS

29th APS Annual Convention · 2017

Synesthetes Produce Different Language in Creative Writing Tasks

Boston, MA · May 2017

Poster Session · Cognitive

  • Rebecca Esquenazi
    California State University, Northridge
  • Daniel Larranaga
    Second Author
  • Abraham Rutchick
    California State University, Northridge
  • Stefanie Drew
    California State University Northridge

Abstract

Synesthesia is a condition characterized by multiple sensory perceptions elicited by a single stimulus. The present work examines possible differences in lexical usage between participants who experience synesthetic perceptions and those who do not. Trends observed in linguistic production indicate a divergent use of lexical categories between synesthetes and non-synesthetes.

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