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| Title |
Survival of the Synesthesia Gene: Why Do People Hear Colors and Taste Words?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLoS Biology, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001205 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David Brang, V. S. Ramachandran |
| Abstract |
Synesthesia is a perceptual experience in which stimuli presented through one modality will spontaneously evoke sensations in an unrelated modality. The condition occurs from increased communication between sensory regions and is involuntary, automatic, and stable over time. While synesthesia can occur in response to drugs, sensory deprivation, or brain damage, research has largely focused on heritable variants comprising roughly 4% of the general population. Genetic research on synesthesia suggests the phenomenon is heterogeneous and polygenetic, yet it remains unclear whether synesthesia ever provided a selective advantage or is merely a byproduct of some other useful selected trait. Progress in uncovering the genetic basis of synesthesia will help us understand why synesthesia has been conserved in the population. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 91 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 23% |
| Japan | 10 | 11% |
| Spain | 6 | 7% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 5% |
| Germany | 3 | 3% |
| Australia | 2 | 2% |
| Sweden | 2 | 2% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 6 | 7% |
| Unknown | 34 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 74 | 81% |
| Scientists | 13 | 14% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 2% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 344 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 8 | 2% |
| United States | 7 | 2% |
| Sweden | 2 | <1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Spain | 2 | <1% |
| Japan | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 12 | 3% |
| Unknown | 305 | 89% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 77 | 22% |
| Researcher | 56 | 16% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 53 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 42 | 12% |
| Other | 19 | 6% |
| Other | 52 | 15% |
| Unknown | 45 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 103 | 30% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 69 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 26 | 8% |
| Neuroscience | 23 | 7% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 14 | 4% |
| Other | 56 | 16% |
| Unknown | 53 | 15% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 282. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 February 2024.
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#509
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Altmetric has tracked 25,374,647 research outputs across all sources so far. Compared to these this one has done particularly well and is in the 99th percentile: it's in the top 5% of all research outputs ever tracked by Altmetric.
So far Altmetric has tracked 8,833 research outputs from this source. They typically receive a lot more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 48.7. This one has done particularly well, scoring higher than 97% of its peers.
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