Fernay Louise, Reby David, Ward Jamie
School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Neurocase. 2012 Feb;18(1):50-6. doi: 10.1080/13554794.2010.547863. Epub 2011 Jun 27.
We report a single case study of a synesthete (PS) who has complex visual experiences from sounds, including human voices. Different vowel sounds from different speakers and modified to be of different pitch (f0) were presented to PS and controls who were asked to draw an (abstract) visual image of the sound noting colors, sizes, and locations. PS tended to be more consistent over time than controls. For both PS and controls, the pitch of the vowel influenced the choice of luminance (higher pitch being lighter) and vertical position (higher pitch being higher in space). However, the gender of the speaker influenced the size of the 'image' independently of pitch (vowels from males being larger).
我们报告了一项针对一名联觉者（PS）的单病例研究，该联觉者能从声音（包括人声）中获得复杂的视觉体验。向PS和对照组呈现来自不同说话者且经过音高（f0）修改的不同元音，并要求他们画出声音的（抽象）视觉图像，同时注明颜色、大小和位置。随着时间推移，PS比对照组表现得更具一致性。对于PS和对照组而言，元音的音高影响亮度选择（音高越高越亮）和垂直位置（音高越高在空间中位置越高）。然而，说话者的性别独立于音高影响“图像”的大小（男性发出的元音对应的“图像”更大）。
