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Synaesthesia research

Publications

Synaesthesia has long been of interest to scientists and artists alike. In the Wider Synaesthesia Literature section we catalogue publications on synaesthesia. On this page are some of our publications.

2024

del Rio, M., Kafadar, E., Fisher, V., D’Costa, R., Powers, A., & Ward, J. (2024). The mechanisms underlying conditioning of phantom percepts differ between those with hallucinations and synesthesia. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 5607–5607.

 Ward, J. (2024). When small effect sizes become huge: Synaesthesia is linked to very large differences in cognition. Perception (London), 53(3), 208–210.

 Li, M., Racey, C., Rae, C. L., Strawson, W., Critchley, H. D., & Ward, J. (2024). Can the neural representation of physical pain predict empathy for pain in others? Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 19(1).

 Ward, J., Maciel, S., Rouw, R., Simner, J., & Root, N. (2024). Synaesthesia is linked to differences in music preference and musical sophistication and a distinctive pattern of sound-color associations. Psychology of Music.

 Li, M., Racey, C., Rae, C. L., Strawson, W., Critchley, H. D., & Ward, J. (2024). Can the neural representation of physical pain predict empathy for pain in others? Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 19(1).

2023

Santiesteban, I., Hales, C., Bowling, N. C., Ward, J., & Banissy, M. J. (2023). Atypical emotion sharing in individuals with mirror sensory synaesthesia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 40(7–8), 367–380.

Racey, C., Kampoureli, C., Bowen-Hill, O., Bauer, M., Simpson, I., Rae, C., del Rio, M., Simner, J., & Ward, J. (2023). An Open Science MRI Database of over 100 Synaesthetic Brains and Accompanying Deep Phenotypic Information. Scientific Data, 10(1), 766–766.

Schwartzman, D. J., Oblak, A., Rothen, N., Bor, D., & Seth, A. K. (2023). Extensive Phenomenological Overlap Between Training-Induced and Naturally-Occurring Synaesthetic Experiences. Collabra: Psychology, 9(1).

2022

Li, M., Hao, L., Ren, Z., Qiu, J., & Ward, J. (2022). Vicarious experiences of touch (mirror touch) in a Chinese sample: Cross-cultural and individual differences. PloS One, 17(11), e0266246–e0266246.

Nugent, M., & Ward, J. (2022). Familial aggregation of synaesthesia with autism (but not schizophrenia). Cognitive Neuropsychiatry, 27(5), 373–391.

Ward, J., & Simner, J. (2022). How do Different Types of Synesthesia Cluster Together? Implications for Causal Mechanisms. Perception (London), 51(2), 91–113.

2021

Botan, V., Critchley, H. D., & Ward, J. (2021). . Psychophysiology, 58(8). doi:10.1111/psyp.13826

Dance, C. J., Jaquiery, M., Eagleman, D. M., Porteous, D., Zeman, A., & Simner, J. (2021). Consciousness and Cognition, 89. doi:10.1016/j.concog.2021.103087

Ward, J., Baykova, R., Ben, D., Chew, J., Schreiter, M. L., Beste, C., & Sherman, M. (2021). . Cortex, 139, 249-266. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2021.02.031

Ward, J. (2021).. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 38(4), 259-278. doi:10.1080/02643294.2021.1950133

2020

Ipser, A., Ward, J., & Simner, J. (2020). . Behavior Research Methods, 52(2), 544-560. doi:10.3758/s13428-019-01250-0

Jewanski, J., Simner, J., Day, S. A., Rothen, N., & Ward, J. (2020a). . Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 29(3), 259-285. doi:10.1080/0964704x.2019.1675422

Jewanski, J., Simner, J., Day, S. A., Rothen, N., & Ward, J. (2020b). Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 29, 175-202. doi:10.1080/0964704x.2019.1636348

Jewanski, J., Simner, J., Day, S. A., Rothen, N., & Ward, J. (2020c). . Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 29(4), 357-384. doi:10.1080/0964704x.2020.1747866

Lush, P., Botan, V., Scott, R. B., Seth, A. K., Ward, J., & Dienes, Z. (2020). Trait phenomenological control predicts experience of mirror synaesthesia and the rubber hand illusion. Nature Communications, 11(1). doi:10.1038/s41467-020-18591-6

Mealor, A. D., Simner, J., & Ward, J. (2020). Journal of Neuropsychology, 14(2), 197-212. doi:10.1111/jnp.12182

Rinaldi, L. J., Smees, R., Alvarez, J., & Simner, J. (2020). Child Development, 91(4), E799-E813. doi:10.1111/cdev.13314

Rinaldi, L. J., Smees, R., Carmichael, D. A., & Simner, J. (2020). . Cortex, 126, 141-152. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2020.01.007

Rothen, N., Berry, C. J., Seth, A. K., Oligschlager, S., & Ward, J. (2020). Memory & Cognition, 48(2), 188-199. doi:10.3758/s13421-019-01001-8

van Leeuwen, T. M., Neufeld, J., Hughes, J., & Ward, J. (2020). Cognitive Neuropsychology, 37(7-8), 433-449. doi:10.1080/02643294.2020.1808455

Ward, J. (2020). Frontiers in Biosciences.

2019

Bowling, N. C., Botan, V., Santiesteban, I., Ward, J., & Banissy, M. J. (2019). , 374(1787). doi:10.1098/rstb.2018.0361

Carmichael, D. A., Smees, R., Shillcock, R. C., & Simner, J. (2019). . British Journal of Psychology, 110, 530-548.

Hughes, J. E. A., Gruffydd, E., Simner, J., & Ward, J. (2019). . Cortex, 113, 67-82. doi:10.1016/j.cortex.2018.11.023

Pfeifer, G., Ward, J., & Sigala, N. (2019). . Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 13. doi:10.3389/fnsys.2019.00029

Schreiter, M. L., Chmielewski, W. X., Ward, J., & Beste, C. (2019). . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 374(1787). doi:10.1098/rstb.2018.0574

Simner, J., Hughes, J. E. A., & Sagiv, N. (2019). . Scientific Reports, 9. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-56449-0

Smees, R., Hughes, J., Carmichael, D. A., & Simner, J. (2019). . Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 374(1787). doi:10.1098/rstb.2018.0348

Tilot, A. K., Vino, A., Kucera, K. S., Carmichael, D. A., van den Heuvel, L., den Hoed, J., . . . Fisher, S. E. (2019).. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 374(1787). doi:10.1098/rstb.2019.0026

Ward, J. (2019a). . Perception, 48(11), 1146-1152. doi:10.1177/0301006619875917

Ward, J. (2019b). Cognitive Neuroscience, 10(3), 139-157. doi:10.1080/17588928.2018.1557131

Ward, J. (2019c). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 374(1787). doi:10.1098/rstb.2018.0351

Ward, J., Field, A. P., & Chin, T. (2019). . Memory, 27(9), 1299-1312. doi:10.1080/09658211.2019.1646771

2018

Botan, V., Fan, S., Critchley, H., & Ward, J. (2018). . Consciousness and Cognition, 60, 62-71.

 Chin, T., & Ward, J. (2018). . Memory, 26(6), 844-851.

Hamilton-Fletcher, G., Pisanski, K., Reby, D., Stefaticzyk, M., Ward, J., & Sorokowska, A. (2018). . Cognition, 175, 114-121.

Hossain, S. R., Simner, J., & Ipser, A. (2018). . Cortex, 105, 74-82.

Simner, J., & Bain, A. E. (2018). British Journal of Psychology, 109(1), 118-136.

Ward, J., Ipser, A., Phanvanova, E., Brown, P., Bunte, I., & Simner, J. (2018). Consciousness and Cognition, 61, 79-93.

Ward, J., Schnakenberg, P., & Banissy, M. J. (2018). T. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 35(5-6), 314-332.

2017

Cuskley, C., Simner, J., & Kirby, S. (2017). Psychological Research-Psychologische Forschung, 81(1), 119-130.

Grice-Jackson, T., Critchley, H. D., Banissy, M. J., & Ward, J. (2017a). Cortex, 94, 152-163.

Grice-Jackson, T., Critchley, H. D., Banissy, M. J., & Ward, J. (2017b). . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 11.

Hamilton-Fletcher, G., Witzel, C., Reby, D., & Ward, J. (2017). . Multisensory Research, 30(3-5), 337-362.

Hughes, J. E. A., Simner, J., Baron-Cohen, S., Treffert, D. A., & Ward, J. (2017).. Multisensory Research, 30(3-5), 391-408.

Maniglia, M., Grassi, M., & Ward, J. (2017). . Multisensory Research, 30(2), 159-177.

Mankin, J. L., & Simner, J. (2017). Multisensory Research, 30(3-5), 409-446.

Martin, D., Cleghorn, E., & Ward, J. (2017). The Lived Experience of Mirror-Touch Synaesthesia A Qualitative Investigation of Empathy and Social Life. Journal of Consciousness Studies, 24(1-2), 214-227.

Rothen, N., Bartl, G., Franklin, A., & Ward, J. (2017). . Neuropsychologia, 106, 280-288.

Simner, J., Ipser, A., Smees, R., & Alvarez, J. (2017). Neuropsychologia, 106, 407-416. 

Ward, J., & Banissy, M. J. (2017). s. Cognitive Neuroscience, 8(4), 224-227.

Ward, J., Hoadley, C., Hughes, J. E. A., Smith, P., Allison, C., Baron-Cohen, S., & Simner, J. (2017). . Scientific Reports, 7.

Ward, J., Rothen, N., Chang, A., & Kanai, R. (2017). . Vision Research, 141, 293-302.

2016

Atkinson, J., Lyons, T., Eagleman, D., Woll, B., & Ward, J. (2016). . NeuroCase, 22(4), 379-386.

Hamilton-Fletcher, G., Wright, T. D., & Ward, J. (2016). . Multisensory Research, 29(4-5), 337-363.

Mankin, J. L., Thompson, C., Branigan, H. P., & Simner, J. (2016). . Cognition, 150, 1-9.

Mealor, A. D., Simner, J., Rothen, N., Carmichael, D. A., & Ward, J. (2016). . PLoS One, 11(5).

Pfeifer, G., Ward, J., Chan, D., & Sigala, N. (2016). . Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 28(12), 1987-2002.

Rothen, N., Junemann, K., Mealor, A. D., Burckhardt, V., & Ward, J. (2016). . Behavior Research Methods, 48(4), 1476-1481.

Shriki, O., Sadeh, Y., & Ward, J. (2016). The Emergence of Synaesthesia in a Neuronal Network Model via Changes in Perceptual Sensitivity and Plasticity. Plos Computational Biology, 12(7).

Simner, J., Rehme, M. K., Carmichael, D. A., Bastin, M. E., Sprooten, E., McIntosh, A. M., . . . Zedler, M. (2016). . Neuropsychologia, 91, 282-289.

Slocombe, B. G., Carmichael, D. A., & Simner, J. (2016). . Neuropsychologia, 88, 58-64.

Terhune, D. B., Luke, D. P., Kaelen, M., Bolstridge, M., Feilding, A., Nutt, D., . . . Ward, J. (2016). . Neuropsychologia, 88, 28-34.

van Praag, C. D. G., Garfinkel, S., Ward, J., Bor, D., & Seth, A. K. (2016). . Neuropsychologia, 88, 5-14.

2015

Anderson, H. P., & Ward, J. (2015). . Consciousness and Cognition, 33, 316-324.

Bankieris, K., & Simner, J. (2015). ? Cognition, 136, 186-195.

Carmichael, D. A., Down, M. P., Shillcock, R. C., Eagleman, D. M., & Simner, J. (2015). Consciousness and Cognition, 33, 375-385.

Eccles, J. A., Garfinkel, S. N., Harrison, N. A., Ward, J., Taylor, R. E., Bewley, A. P., & Critchley, H. D. (2015). . Neuropsychologia, 77, 90-96.

Gray, B. F., & Simner, J. (2015). Frontiers in psychology, 6.

Havlik, A. M., Carmichael, D. A., & Simner, J. (2015). . Cognitive processing, 16(3), 245-253.

Kay, C. L., Carmichael, D. A., Ruffell, H. E., & Simner, J. (2015). . British Journal of Psychology, 106(3), 487-504.

Simner, J., & Carmichael, D. A. (2015). Cognitive Neuroscience, 6(2-3), 68-76.

Simner, J., Carmichael, D. A., Hubbard, E. M., Morris, Z., & Lawrie, S. M. (2015). . NeuroCase, 21(3), 322-330.

Spiller, M. J., Jonas, C. N., Simner, J., & Jansari, A. (2015). Consciousness and Cognition, 31, 73-85.

Ward, J., & Banissy, M. J. (2015). . Cognitive Neuroscience.

Ward, J., Mensah, A., & Juenemann, K. (2015). . Journal of Experimental Psychology-Human Perception and Performance, 41(5), 1203-1208.

Wright, T. D., Margolis, A., & Ward, J. (2015). . Experimental Brain Research, 233(3), 851-860.

2014

Anderson, H. P., Seth, A. K., Dienes, Z., & Ward, J. (2014). ? Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8.

Bankieris, K., & Simner, J. (2014). . NeuroCase, 20(6), 640-651.

Gould, C., Froese, T., Barrett, A. B., Ward, J., & Seth, A. K. (2014). . Frontier in Human Neuroscience, 8, 433.

Hung, W.-Y., Simner, J., Shillcock, R., & Eagleman, D. M. (2014). . Consciousness and Cognition, 24, 38-48.

Jonas, C. N., Spiller, M. J., Jansari, A., & Ward, J. (2014). . Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 67(7), 1262-1273.

Jonas, C. N., & Ward, J. (2014). . Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 26(2), 232-240.

Pfeifer, G., Rothen, N., Ward, J., Chan, D., & Sigala, N. (2014). . Frontiers in psychology, 5.

Ward, J., & Wright, T. (2014). . Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews, 41, 26-35.

2013

Banissy, M. J., & Ward, J. (2013). . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 112.

Banissy, M.J., Holle, H., Cassell, J., Annett, L., Tsakanikos, E., Walsh, V., Spiller, M.J., & Ward. J. (2013). Personality and Individual Differences, 54, 828–831.

Banissy, M. J., Muggleton, N., Tester, V., Janik, A. B., Davenport, A., Franklin, A., . . . Ward, J. (2013). . Psychological Science, 24(12), 2390-2397

Carmichael, D. A., & Simner, J. (2013). . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7.

Goller, A.I., Richards, K., Novak, S. & Ward, J. (2013). . Cortex.49, 243-251.

Ludwig, V. U., & Simner, J. (2013). . Cortex, 49(4), 1089-1099

Moos, A., Simmons, D., Simner, J., & Smith, R. (2013).. Frontiers in psychology, 4.

Pritchard, J., Rothen, N., Coolbear, D., & Ward, J. (2013). . Cognition, 127 (2), 230-234.

Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2013). . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7, 128.

Rothen, N., Nikolić, D., Jürgens, U.M., Mroczko, A., Cock, J., & Meier, B. (2013). . Consciousness and Cognition, 22 (1), 35-46.

Rothen, N., Seth, A.K., Witzel, C., & Ward, J. (2013). . Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 215 (1), 156-160.

Rothen, N., Tsakanikos, E., Meier, B., & Ward, J. (2013). . Consciousness and Cognition, 22 (3), 1047-1060.

Simner, J. (2013). Frontiers in psychology, 4.

Simner, J., & Bain, A. E. (2013). . Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7.

Terhune, D.B., Rothen, N., & Cohen Kadosh, R. (2013). . Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 103, 1-2.

Ward, J. (2013). . Annual Review of Psychology, 64, 49-75.

2012

Banissy, M.J., Stewart, L., Muggleton, N.G., Griffiths, T., Walsh, V., Ward, J., & Kanai, R. (2012). . Cognitive Neuroscience, 3, 29-35.

Banissy, M.J., Cassell, J.E., Fitzpatrick, S., Ward, J., Walsh, V., & Muggleton, N.G. (2012). . Cortex, 48, 1085-1087.

Holle, H., Warne, K., Seth, A. K., Critchley, H. D., & Ward, J. (2012). . Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, USA, 109, 19816–1982.

Rothen, N., Meier, B., & Ward, J. (2012). . Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 36 (8), 1952-1963.

Rothen, N., & Terhune, D.B. (2012). . The Journal of Neuroscience, 32 (40), 13641-13643.

Fernay, L., Reby, D., & Ward, J. (2012).  .  Neurocase, 18, 50-56.

Simner, J. (2012). . British Journal of Psychology, 103, 1-15.

Simner, J., & Ludwig, V. U. (2012). . NeuroCase, 18, 167-180.

2011

Amin, M., Olu-Lafe, O., Claessen, L.E., Sobczak-Edmans, M., Ward, J., Williams, A.L., Sagiv, N. (2011). Journal of Neuropsychology, 5 (2), pp. 255-282.

Banissy, M.J., Garrido, L., Kusnir, F., Duchaine, B., Walsh, V., Ward, J. (2011). . Journal of Neuroscience, 31 (5), pp. 1820-1824.

Jewanski, J., Simner, J., Day, S.A., Ward, J. (2011). . Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 20 (4), pp. 284-305.

Jonas, C.N., Taylor, A.J.G., Hutton, S., Weiss, P.H., Ward, J. (2011). . Journal of Neuropsychology, 5 (2), pp. 302-322.

Jones, C.L., Gray, M.A., Minati, L., Simner, J., Critchley, H.D., Ward, J. (2011). . Journal of Neuropsychology, 5 (2), pp. 243-254.

Holle, H., Banissy, M., Wright, T., Bowling, N., Ward, J. (2011). . Consciousness and Cognition, 20 (3), pp. 720-726.

Nikolić, D., Jürgens, U.M., Rothen, N., Meier, B., & Mroczko, A. (2011). . Cortex, 47 (7), 874-879.

Rothen, N., Wantz, A.L., & Meier, B. (2011). . Perception, 40 (10), 1248-1250.

Simner, J., Hung, W.-Y., & Shillcock, R. (2011). . Consciousness and Cognition, 20(4), 1376-1392

2010

Duffy, P. L., & Simner, J. (2010). . Cortex, 46(2), 277-278.

Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2010). . Evidence from a group study. Memory, 18(3), 258-264.

Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2010). . Perception, 39(5), 718-720.

Rothen, N., Nyffeler, T., von Wartburg, R., Müri, R. & Meier, B. (2010). . Neuropsychologia, 48(12), 3482-3487.

Simner, J., Cuskley, C., & Kirby, S. (2010). . Perception, 39(4), 553-569

Ward, J., Jonas, C., Dienes, Z., & Seth, A. (2010). Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 277(1684), 1021-1026.

Ward, J., & Meijer, P. (2010). Consciousness and Cognition, 19(1), 492-500.

2009

Banissy, M. J., Kadosh, R. C., Maus, G. W., Walsh, V., & Ward, J. (2009). Experimental Brain Research, 198(2-3), 261-272.

Banissy, M. J., Walsh, V., & Ward, J. (2009). Experimental Brain Research, 196(4), 565-571.

Goller, A. I., Otten, L. J., & Ward, J. (2009). Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 21, 1869-1881.

Jewanski, J., Day, S. A., & Ward, J. (2009). Journal of the History of Neurosciences, 18, 293-303.

Meier, B., & Rothen, N. (2009). Neuropsychologia, 47(4), 1208-1211.

Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2009). PLoS One, 4, e5037.

Simner, J., Harrold, J., Creed, H., Monro, L., & Foulkes, L. (2009). . Brain, 132, 57-64.

Simner, J., & Haywood, S. L. (2009). . Cognition, 110, 171-181.

Simner, J., Mayo, N., & Spiller, M.-J. (2009). . Cortex, 45(10), 1246-1260.

2008

Simner, J., & Ward, J. (2008). Psychological Science, 19, 412-414.

Tang, J., Ward, J., & Butterworth, B. (2008). . Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 20, 1547-1556.

Ward, J. (2008). London: Routledge.

Ward, J., Banissy, M. J., & Jonas, C. N. (2008). Haptic perception and synaesthesia. In M. Grunwald (Ed.), Handbook of Haptic Perception. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.

Ward, J., Moore, S., Thompson-Lake, D., Salih, S., & Beck, B. (2008). Perception, 37, 1285-1296.

Ward, J., Thompson-Lake, D., Ely, R., & Kaminski, F. (2008). British Journal of Psychology, 99, 127-141.