Aleksandra Maria Rogowska

Synaesthesia and Individual Differences (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Synaesthesia is a fascinating cognitive phenomenon where one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another. For example, synaesthetes might perceive colours when listening to music, or tastes in the mouth when reading words. This book provides an insight into the idiosyncratic nature of synaesthesia by exploring its relationships with other dimensions of individual differences. Many characteristics of linguistic-colour synaesthetes are covered including personality, temperament, intelligence, creativity, emotionality, attention, memory, imagination, colour perception, body lateralization and gender. Aleksandra Maria Rogowska proposes that linguistic-colour synaesthesia can be considered as an abstract form of a continuous variable in the broader context of cross- and intra-modal associations. There has been a resurgence of interest in synaesthesia and this book will appeal to students and scientists of psychology, cognitive science and social science, and to those who are fascinated by unusual states of mind.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316310564
• Artikelnr.: 42880678

Autorenporträt

Aleksandra Maria Rogowska is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy at Politechnika Opolska, Poland. Her research centres on synaesthesia but also includes the psychology of sport, art and addiction. Her work focuses on developmental paths for young adults, in particular undergraduate students.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: is synaesthesia normal?; 1. Exploring the structure and distribution of linguistic
colour associations in the concrete
abstract and strong
weak dimensions; 2. Reconciling objective and subjective assessments of linguistic
colour associations: exploring the relationships between linguistic
colour synaesthesia and self
related sensing, body lateralization and gender; 3. Cognitive determinants of linguistic
colour associations; 4. Relationships between linguistic
colour synaesthesia and individual differences in absorption, creative thinking, types of mind and intelligence; 5. Exploring the relationships between linguistic
colour associations and self
reported traits of personality and temperament; General conclusions; Appendices.