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| Title |
Is synesthesia more common in patients with Asperger syndrome?
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, January 2013
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| DOI | 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00847 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Janina Neufeld, Mandy Roy, Antonia Zapf, Christopher Sinke, Hinderk M. Emrich, Vanessa Prox-Vagedes, Wolfgang Dillo, Markus Zedler |
| Abstract |
There is increasing evidence from case reports that synesthesia is more common in individuals with autism spectrum conditions (ASC). Further, genes related to synesthesia have also been found to be linked to ASC and, similar to synaesthetes, individuals with ASC show altered brain connectivity and unusual brain activation during sensory processing. However, up to now a systematic investigation of whether synesthesia is more common in ASC patients is missing. The aim of the current pilot study was to test this hypothesis by investigating a group of patients diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome (AS) using questionnaires and standard consistency tests in order to classify them as grapheme-color synaesthetes. The results indicate that there are indeed many more grapheme-color synaesthetes among AS patients. This finding is discussed in relation to different theories regarding the development of synesthesia as well as altered sensory processing in autism. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 31 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 | 6 | 19% |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 16% |
| France | 2 | 6% |
| Spain | 2 | 6% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 3% |
| Mexico | 1 | 3% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Serbia | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 6% |
| Unknown | 9 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 17 | 55% |
| Scientists | 6 | 19% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 13% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 126 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Unknown | 124 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 20% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 19 | 15% |
| Researcher | 16 | 13% |
| Other | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 9% |
| Unknown | 28 | 22% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 45 | 36% |
| Neuroscience | 17 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 10 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 7 | 6% |
| Linguistics | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 10 | 8% |
| Unknown | 34 | 27% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 35. 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 25 October 2023.
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