Tessa van Leeuwen

Postdoctoral researcher
Radboud University

Tessa van Leeuwen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour at Radboud University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

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Spectrum

By Tessa van Leeuwen, Rob van Lier

16 June 2020

People with autism may smell songs or hear colors

One in five autistic people may have synesthesia, a crossing of the senses. Studying synesthesia in autism may deepen our understanding of both conditions.

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People with autism may smell songs or hear colors

By Tessa van Leeuwen, Rob van Lier

16 June 2020 | 6 min read

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