Rothen, Nicolas; Jünemann, Kristin; Mealor, Andy D.; Burckhardt, Vera; Ward, Jamie (2015). The sensitivity and specificity of a diagnostic test of sequence-space synesthesia. Behavior research methods, 48(4), pp. 1476-1481. Psychonomic Society 10.3758/s13428-015-0656-2
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People with sequence-space synesthesia (SSS) report stable visuo-spatial forms corresponding to numbers, days, and months (amongst others). This type of synesthesia has intrigued scientists for over 130 years but the lack of an agreed upon tool for assessing it has held back research on this phenomenon. The present study builds on previous tests by measuring the consistency of spatial locations that is known to discriminate controls from synesthetes. We document, for the first time, the sensitivity and specificity of such a test and suggest a diagnostic cut-off point for discriminating between the groups based on the area bounded by different placement attempts with the same item.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Psychological and Behavioral Health |
UniBE Contributor: |
Rothen, Nicolas |
Subjects: |
100 Philosophy > 150 Psychology 600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
1554-351X |
Publisher: |
Psychonomic Society |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Nicolas Rothen |
Date Deposited: |
24 Feb 2016 12:08 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 14:51 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.3758/s13428-015-0656-2 |
PubMed ID: |
26558902 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Imagery, Numbers, Space, Synesthesia/synaesthesia, Time |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.75974 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/75974 |
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