Chromesthetic responses to the music of G. F. Handel

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

1981

Publication Source

Imagery: concepts, results, and applications

Abstract

This vivid account describes one of the most unusual forms of mental imagery, synesthesia. It is defined as “production, from a sense-impression of one kind, of an associated mental image of a sense-impression of another kind” (Synaesthesia, 1970, P. 373). Synesthesia can theoretically occur among any sense modalities. However, it does occur more frequently between some modalities than others. In this paper, we are concerned with chromesthesia or colored hearing, a particular form of synesthesia in which color images (photisms) are evoked by auditory stimuli.

Inclusive pages

165-173

Publisher

Plenum Publishing Corp.

Place of Publication

New York, NY

Peer Reviewed

yes

Keywords

chromesthesia, synesthesia, music


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