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Synaesthesia and autism
 Julian Asher, Sally Wheelwright, Simon Baron-Cohen
While there have long been anecdotal reports of an increased incidence of synaesthesia amongst people with autism spectrum disorders, this question has never been rigourously investigated. The identification of a genetic region linked to autism in our pioneering genetic study as also linked to synaesthesia is the first piece of real evidence for a connection between the two. Drawing on our expertise on both conditions we are now investigating this potential connection and the accompanying implications for our understanding of both conditions.
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S. Baron-Cohen, D. Bor, J. Billington, J. Asher, S. Wheelwright, C. Ashwin, (2007)
Savant memory in a man with number-shape synaesthesia and Asperger Syndrome
Journal of Consciousness Studies 14, 237-52
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