Table 2.

Creativity, personality, cognition, and mental imagery: All synesthetes versus controls in the current study and in previous studies (shown in italics; Banissy et al., 2013; Ward et al., 2008)

	[Min, Max]	n Syn	n Control	M Syn	M Control	p	95% CI on raw effect [low, high]
VATa	[0, 1]	29	36	0.57	0.49	.006	[0.02, 0.1]
RAT	[0, 1]	29	36	0.49	0.47	.46	[−0.09, 0.04]
RAT (Ward et al., 2008 )	[0, 20]	76	75	13.4	11.6	.001	[0.2, 3.7]
TTCT	[0, 32]	29	35	13.8	12.9	.62	[−2.5, 4.1]
ALT	[0, 10]	29	36	3.9	2.6	.03	[0.13, 2.6]
VF	[0, 65]	29	36	44.3	43.3	.65	[−3.2, 5.0]
TASa	[28, 140]	29	35	100.3	86.7	.001	[5.5, 21.9]
O	[−40, 40]	29	35	18.9	12.5	.009	[1.7, 11.2]
O (Banissy et al., 2013 )	[1, 5]	81	112	4.3	3.8	6E −8	[0.3, 0.7]
C	[−40, 40]	29	35	9.0	8.0	.72	[−4.6, 6.6]
C (Banissy et al., 2013 )	[1, 5]	81	112	3.9	4.0	.33	[−0.2, 0.1]
E	[−40, 40]	29	35	5.2	5.5	.92	[−6.8, 6.2]
E (Banissy et al., 2013 )	[1, 5]	81	112	3.1	3.3	.24	[−0.4, 0.1]
A	[−40, 40]	29	35	9.6	10.0	.87	[−5.0, 4.2]
A (Banissy et al., 2013 )	[1, 5]	81	112	3.7	4.0	.0004	[−0.5, −0.1]
Na	[−40, 40]	29	35	−3.6	−3.3	.89	[−4.2, 3.7]
N (Banissy et al., 2013 )	[1, 5]	81	112	3.2	2.8	.01	[0.1, 0.6]
VCIa	[45, 155]	29	36	112.4	106.4	.002	[2.3, 9.7]
POI	[45, 155]	29	36	105.1	106.3	.73	[−8.5, 6.0]
PSI	[45, 155]	29	36	108.2	109.9	.57	[−7.6, 4.2]
WMIa	[45, 155]	29	36	106.7	105.6	.63	[−3.2, 5.2]
AMTa	[0, 20]	19	26	10.5	8.3	.16	[−0.9, 5.3]
Intensity	[−10, 10]	28	34	3.0	2.5	.51	[−0.9, 1.9]
Usage	[0, 10]	28	34	6.2	5.5	.05	[0, 1.4]

Min, Max = minimum value possible to maximum value possible; Syn = synesthetes; VAT = Visual Associates Test‐French Version; RAT = Remote Associates Test‐French Version; TTCT = Torrance Test for Creative Thinking‐Figural, Originality score; ALT = Alternative Uses Test, Originality score; VF = Verbal Fluency; TAS = Absorption, total score; O = Openness to Experience; C = Conscientiousness; E = Extraversion; A = Agreeableness; N = Neuroticism; VCI = WAIS‐III Verbal Comprehension Index; POI = WAIS‐III Perceptual Organization Index; PSI = WAIS‐III Processing Speed Index; WMI = WAIS‐III Working Memory Index; AMT = Association of Meaning Test; Intensity = FQMI‐51‐Intensity; Usage = FQMI‐51‐Usage.

^aSex included as cofactor in model.