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    "pk": 25926,
    "title": "The Color of Music: Synesthesia or emotion-mediated cross-modal associations?",
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    "abstract": "The cross-modal literature posits a weak-to-strong continuum of synesthesia. One extreme views cross-modal\nassociations as idiosyncratic and unique to synesthetes. The other extreme suggests that cross-modal associations follow a\ngeneral pattern across individuals, and are mediated by emotional associations. We tested these views by examining differences\nbetween music-color synesthetes and non-synesthetes in their consistency of color associations and memory for music. We find\nthat music-color associations follow the same general pattern across these groups. A two-dimensional mapping is found to mode\n(major/minor) and tempo. Slow-minor music (thought to convey sadness) is associated with blue, fast-minor with red (anger),\nfast-major with yellow (happiness), and slow-major with green (calmness). Both groups are consistent in their associations\nover time, and synesthesia has no effect on memory. We conclude that music-color synesthesia may be an extension of normal\npsychological processes that govern cross-modal associations, with individuals aligning music and color based on emotional\ncongruence.",
    "language": "eng",
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        {
            "first_name": "Erin",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Isbilen",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "Cornell University",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Carol",
            "middle_name": "Lynne",
            "last_name": "Krumhansl",
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            "institution": "Cornell University",
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        }
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    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2015-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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