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Synesthesia, creativity and puns.

Sarah C Sitton·Edward R Pierce
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The relationship between self-reported synesthesia, or sensory mixing, and verbal creativity as measured by the Remote Associates Test and pun generation was assessed. 210 participants responded online. Analysis yielded a significant correlation between scores on Synesthesia and Verbal Creativity as measured. The possibility that Synesthesia and Verbal Creativity stem from dedifferentiated thinking processes or neural cross-activation is discussed.

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Sarah C Sitton, Edward R Pierce. 2004. Synesthesia, creativity and puns.. https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.95.2.577-580

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