With effort, most literate persons can conjure more or less vague visual mental images of the
written form of words they are hearing, an ability afforded by the links between sounds …

The acquisition of reading modifies areas of the brain associated with vision and with
language, in addition to their connections. These changes enable reciprocal translation …

As first described by Francis Galton, some persons perceive vividly and automatically in their
mind's eye the written form of words that they are hearing. This phenomenon, labeled ticker …

Reading acquisition is enabled by deep changes in the brain's visual system and language
areas, and in the links subtending their collaboration. Disruption of those plastic processes …

Tickertape experience is the subjective phenomenon of routinely visualizing the
orthographic appearance of words that one hears, speaks, or thinks, like mental subtitles in …

We read with great interest the article by Sokolowski and Levine, 1 proposing that distinct
neurodevelopmental disorders share common pathophysiological mechanisms, only …

A fundamental question in the field of synesthesia is whether it is associated with other
cognitive phenomena. The current study examined synesthesia's connections with …

Degree: Fil. Dr. DegreeYear: 1992 Institute: Uppsala Universitet (Sweden) Publisher:
Almqvist & Wiksell International, Box 4627, S-116 91 Stockholm, Sweden. This thesis …

Resumo The renowned linguist David Crystal, Emmeritus Professor at the University of
Wales, in this interview to Mike Pilewski, provides answers to crucial questions on the …

Many synesthetes experience colors when viewing letters or digits. We document, for the
first time, an analogous phenomenon among users of signed languages who showed color …