A meta-analysis of memory ability in synaesthesia.
People with synaesthesia (e.g., experiencing colours for letters and numbers) have been reported to possess enhanced memory relative to the general population. However, there are also inconsistencies in this literature and it is unclear whether this reflects sampling error (exacerbated by low Ns) or...
| Publicado en: | Memory Vol. 27; no. 9; pp. 1299 - 1313 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Oct2019
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