Cognitive neuroscience of synesthesia: Introduction to the special issue

Abstract

This Special Issue of Cognitive Neuroscience showcases the latest theories and findings in research on synesthesia. The various contributions are discussed in relation to three broad themes: Models and neural mechanisms; new types of synesthesia; and cognitive profile and demographic characteristics.

From auditory focus, to auditory influence, to multimodal experience in psychomusicological research.

“…Haverkamp, 2013a; Repp, 1993). Research on synesthesia is also only now coming into its own (Ward, 2015; Ward & Mattingley, 2006). Ideas of musical embodiment on the one hand and synesthesia on the other go beyond interactions of music and the visual, and suggest that the experience of music extends outside the auditory realm from the outset, and that it is inherently multimodal.…”