title: Synesthesia, creativity and puns.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, St Edward's University, Austin, TX 78704-6489, USA.
authors.forename: Sarah C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Sitton
authors.forename: Edward R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Pierce
mesh_terms: D003405:Creativity; D006801:Humans; D019365:Metaphor; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011581:Psychological Tests