Evidence against functionalism from neuroimaging of the alien colour effect in synaesthesia.
Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior February 1, 2006 Jeffrey A Gray, David M Parslow, Michael J Brammer et al.
Coloured hearing synaesthetes experience colours to heard words, as confirmed by reliability of self-report, psychophysical testing and functional neuroimaging data. Some also describe the 'alien colour effect' (ACE): in response to colour names, they experience colours different from those named. We have previously reported that the ACE slows colour naming in a Stroop task, reflecting...