Downloadable Material for Researchers
Diagnosing grapheme-colour synaesthesia
- An open-source synesthesia consistency test for use on the Qualtrics platform by Dr. N Root.
- RGB converter (matlab file): Can be used to convert colour representations in RGB space to colour representations in CIELUV space. For detailed information see: Rothen, N., Seth, A. K., Witzel, C., & Ward, J. (2013). Diagnosing synaesthesia with online colour pickers: Maximising sensitivity and specificity. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 215(1), 156–160
- Coloured Letters and Numbers (English version and German version): final 16 item version of questionnaire including scoring information. For detailed information see: Rothen, N., Tsakanikos, E., Meier, B., & Ward, J. (2013). Coloured Letters and Numbers (CLaN): A reliable factor-analysis based synaesthesia questionnaire. Consciousness and Cognition, 22(3), 1047–1060.
Diagnosing sequence-space synaesthesia (SSS)
- Online program using Inquisit and Matlab script for analysing and plotting SSS data from inquisit [DOCX 13.44KB]
- Data and R scripts for Optimizing a Measure of Consistency for Sequence-Space Synaesthesia
- For detailed information see: Rothen, N., Junemann, K., Mealor, A.D., Burckhardt, V., & Ward, J. (2016). The sensitivity and specificity of a diagnostic test of sequence-space synesthesia. Behavioral Research Methods.
Diagnosing Mirror-Touch Synaesthesia and Vicarious Pain
- The Vicarious Experiences Questionnaire(s): Online Tools for Measuring Mirror-Touch and Vicarious Pain. Links to video stimuli, Qualtrics files, and analysis files in Excel.
Mapping the Connectome of Synaesthesia - 'The 100 Brains Project'
- Pre-registered analysis plans and open access to data
- The dataset is described in this paper which also explains how the neuroimaging data can be accessed
Links to Online Information about Synaesthesia
Lectures and talks by Sussex researchers about synaesthesia:
- Tasty coloured sounds: The experiences of synaesthetes by Prof. Julia Simner
Interviews with Sussex researchers about synaesthesia:
- What is synaesthesia?
- What does it feel like to be a synaesthete?
- Types of synaesthesia
- Testing for synaesthesia
- How consistent are synaesthetic associations across synesthetes?
- Can synaesthesia be acquired?
Animated Documentary about Synaesthesia produced by Samantha Moore and featuring Sussex researchers
Synaesthesia Associations
American Synesthesia Association (ASA)
International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists (IASAS)
E-mail Discussion List
Sean Day, president of the American Synaesthesia Association, organises an e-mail discussion list for synaesthetes themselves and for those with an interest in the topic. To join the list you should contact him directly (sean.day@tridenttech.edu).