Synaesthesia: pathology and models

Evidence-based neurology checklist on synaesthesia: pathology and models: Genetic causes It is usually a familial trait It is most likely transmitted as X-linked dominant It can skip generations Acquired causes Epidemiology Models Hypotheses Provoking modalities Evoked modalities Major subgroups

Genetic causes

  • It is usually a familial trait
  • It is most likely transmitted as X-linked dominant
  • It can skip generations

Acquired causes

Epidemiology

Models

Hypotheses

Provoking modalities

Evoked modalities

Major subgroups

References

  1. Hubbard EM, Ramachandran VS. Neurocognitive mechanisms of synesthesia. Neuron 2005; 48:509-520. 
  2. Ward J. Synesthesia. Annu Rev Psychol 2013; 64:49-75.
  3. Carmichael DA, Simner J. The immune hypothesis of synesthesia. Front Hum Neurosci 2013; 7:563.
  4. Meier B, Rothen N. Developing synaesthesia: a primer. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:211.
  5. Hupé JM, Dojat M. A critical review of the neuroimaging literature on synesthesia. Front Hum Neurosci 2015; 9:103. 
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