A standardized test battery for the study of synesthesia
A standardized test battery for the study of synesthesia
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jneumeth.2006.07.012
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发表时间：
2007-01-15
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3
通讯作者：
Sarma, Anand K.
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作者：
Eagleman, David M.;Kagan, Arielle D.;Sarma, Anand K.
通感是一种不寻常的状态，刺激一种通道会唤起另一种通道的感觉或体验。尽管通感早在一个多世纪前就在文献中进行了讨论，但由于难以验证和量化私人的知觉经验，通感几十年来一直滑出科学的聚光灯下。近年来，通感研究迎来了复兴，因为测试的引入证明了条件的真实性、其自动和非自愿的性质以及其可测量的知觉后果。然而，虽然现在有几个研究小组正在研究通感，但没有一个单一的方案来比较、对比和汇集这些群体的通感对象。没有标准的测试组合，没有可量化的评分系统，也没有标准的问题措辞。此外，现有的测试不提供数据比较的手段。为了弥补这一缺陷，我们设计了通感电池。这一统一的测试集合可在线免费访问(http://www.synesthete.org).它由一份问卷和几个在线软件程序组成，测试结果立即可供联结者和特邀研究人员使用。考试成绩通过标准的评分系统进行量化。我们在这里介绍了几种新颖的测试，并提供了运行这些测试的软件。通过提出测试和比较受试者的标准化程序，这项努力希望加快通感研究的科学进步。(C)2006爱思唯尔B.V.保留所有权利。
Synesthesia is an unusual condition in which stimulation of one modality evokes sensation or experience in another modality. Although discussed in the literature well over a century ago, synesthesia slipped out of the scientific spotlight for decades because of the difficulty in verifying and quantifying private perceptual experiences. In recent years, the study of synesthesia has enjoyed a renaissance due to the introduction of tests that demonstrate the reality of the condition, its automatic and involuntary nature, and its measurable perceptual consequences. However, while several research groups now study synesthesia, there is no single protocol for comparing, contrasting and pooling synesthetic subjects across these groups. There is no standard battery of tests, no quantifiable scoring system, and no standard phrasing of questions. Additionally, the tests that exist offer no means for data comparison. To remedy this deficit we have devised the Synesthesia Battery. This unified collection of tests is freely accessible online (http://www.synesthete.org). It consists of a questionnaire and several online software programs, and test results are immediately available for use by synesthetes and invited researchers. Performance on the tests is quantified with a standard scoring system. We introduce several novel tests here, and offer the software for running the tests. By presenting standardized procedures for testing and comparing subjects, this endeavor hopes to speed scientific progress in synesthesia research. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.