Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 170-177 , February 2010

Implicit versus explicit interference effects in a number-color synesthete

  • Ilaria Berteletti

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Science, University of Padoa, Italy
    • ,
  • Edward M. Hubbard

      Affiliations

    • INSERM Unité 562 – Cognitive Neuroimaging, CEA/SAC/DSV/I2BM/NeuroSpin, Bât 145, Point Courrier 156, Gif-Sur-Yvette, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University, Peabody College #512, 230 Appleton Place, Nashville, TN 37203-5721, USA.
    • ,
  • Marco Zorzi

      Affiliations

    • Center for Cognitive Science, University of Padoa, Italy
    • Department of General Psychology University of Padoa, Italy

Received 24 April 2008 ,Revised 21 October 2008 ,Accepted 4 December 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2008.12.009

Cortex
Volume 46, Issue 2 , Pages 170-177 , February 2010

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