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
eCommons Citation
Polzella, Donald J. and Kuna, Audrey, "Chromesthetic responses to the music of G. F. Handel" (1981). Psychology Faculty Publications. 109.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/psy_fac_pub/109
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