When 9 is not on the right: implications from number-form synesthesia.

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Number-form synesthetes consciously experience numbers in spatially-defined locations. For non-synesthete individuals, a similar association of numbers and space appears in the form of an implicit mental number line as signified by the distance effect-reaction time decreases as the numerical distance between compared numbers increases. In the current experiment, three number-form synesthetes and two different non-synesthete control groups (Hebrew speaking and English speaking) performed a num...

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Authors: Gertner, L; Henik, A; Cohen Kadosh, R

• Journal: Consciousness and cognition
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 366-374
• Publication date: 2009-06-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2009.02.005
• EISSN: 1090-2376
• ISSN: 1053-8100
• Language: English
• Keywords: Awareness; Mathematics; Male; Concept Formation; Pattern Recognition, Visual; Female; Cross-Cultural Comparison; Israel; Space Perception; Conflict (Psychology); Orientation; Distance Perception; Reference Values; Association; Discrimination (Psychology); Young Adult; Language; Humans; Adult; Imagination; Reaction Time; England; Problem Solving