PSYCHOLOGICAL BOUNDARIES IN PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL SYNAESTHESIA
https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2016-4-187-192
Abstract
Having briefly exposed some discrepant data of previous independent research into links between developmental (congenital) synaesthesia and other individual differences in personality and cognition, the authors present the results of their own empirical study of psychological boundaries in synaesthetes. Psychological boundaries are measured with E. Hartmann’s inventory and conceptualized as a dimension that cumulatively reflects the degree of ease of functional transition ("transparency") between various psychological process, states, etc. The study contrastingly involved people with synaesthesia and those without the condition (N = 102) and revealed a significant positive correlation between synaesthesia and greater transparency of psychological boundaries. We conclude by applying the results to straighten the controversial interpretations of previously received data regarding synaesthesia-related differential traits, which specifies the psychological status of synaesthesia in a systems approach to understanding the human mind.
About the Authors
A. V. Sidoroff-Dorso
Moscow Pedagogical State University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Anton V. Sidoroff-Dorso,
1, Malaya Pirogovskaya street, Moscow, Russia, 119992
V. I. Volokhova
Novosibirsk State Pedagogical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valentina I. Volokhova,
28, Vilyuyskaya street, Novosibirsk, Russia, 630126
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Sidoroff-Dorso A.V., Volokhova V.I. PSYCHOLOGICAL BOUNDARIES IN PEOPLE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL SYNAESTHESIA. The Bulletin of Kemerovo State University. 2016;(4):187-192. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21603/2078-8975-2016-4-187-192
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