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Grapheme-color and tone-color synesthesia is associated with structural brain changes in visual regions implicated in color, form, and motion

Michael J. Banissy UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK; Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected].
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Lauren Stewart Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, London, UK
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Neil G. Muggleton UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK; Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, National Central University, Jhongli, Taiwan
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Timothy D. Griffiths Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, London, UK; Institute of Neuroscience, Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
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Vincent Y. Walsh UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK
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Jamie Ward Sackler Centre for Consciousness Sciences and School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK
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Ryota Kanai UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, London, UK
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Pages 29-35 | Received 07 Jan 2011, Accepted 23 May 2011, Published online: 26 Sep 2011

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