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. 2015;6(2-3):141-2.
doi: 10.1080/17588928.2015.1057485. Epub 2015 Jun 26.

A task control theory of mirror-touch synesthesia

Cecilia Heyes  1 , Caroline Catmur
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A task control theory of mirror-touch synesthesia

Cecilia Heyes et al. Cogn Neurosci. 2015.

Abstract

Ward and Banissy's illuminating discussion of mirror-touch synesthesia (MTS) encourages research testing two alternatives to Threshold Theory: Their own Self-Other Theory, and "Task Control Theory". MTS may be due to abnormal mirror activity plus a domain-general, rather than a specifically social, impairment in the ability to privilege processing of task-relevant over task-irrelevant information.

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  • Explaining mirror-touch synesthesia.
    Ward J, Banissy MJ. Ward J, et al. Cogn Neurosci. 2015;6(2-3):118-33. doi: 10.1080/17588928.2015.1042444. Epub 2015 May 13. Cogn Neurosci. 2015. PMID: 25893437

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