Journal article
Synaesthesia: A Case Study of Discordant Monozygotic Twins
Abstract
We describe a study of 11-year-old twin sisters who are physically identical in appearance but who have considerably different conscious experiences. One twin appears to be a synaesthete in that she states that she has specific colour experiences (i.e. photisms) whenever she views, hears or thinks of digits. The other twin does not report such conscious experiences when viewing, hearing or thinking about digits. A genotypic analysis using eight …
Authors
Smilek D; Moffatt BA; Pasternak J; White BN; Dixon MJ; Merikle PM
Journal
Neurocase, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 338–342
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
10 2002
DOI
10.1076/neur.8.3.338.16194
ISSN
1355-4794