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Dr. R. (Romke) Rouw

Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Programme group Brain and Cognition
Photographer: Henk Heijnen
Visiting address
  • Nieuwe Achtergracht 129
  • Room number: 0.06
Postal address
  • Postbus 15915
    1001 NK Amsterdam
Contact details
  • Profiel
  • Synesthesia

    Selection of articles

    Root, N., Asano, M., Melero, H., Kim, C. Y., Sidoroff-Dorso, A. V., Vatakis, A., ... & Rouw, R. (2021). Do the colors of your letters depend on your language? Language-dependent and universal influences on grapheme-color synesthesia in seven languages. Consciousness and Cognition, 95, 103192.

    Root, N. B., Rouw, R., Asano, M., Kim, C. Y., Melero, H., Yokosawa, K., & Ramachandran, V. S. (2018). Why is the synesthete's “A” red? Using a five-language dataset to disentangle the effects of shape, sound, semantics, and ordinality on inducer–concurrent relationships in grapheme-color synesthesia. Cortex, 99, 375-389.

    Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M., & Rouw, R. (2012). Pseudo-synesthesia through reading books with colored letters. PloS one, 7(6), e39799.

    Rouw, R., & Scholte, H. S. (2010). Neural basis of individual differences in synesthetic experiences. Journal of Neuroscience, 30(18), 6205-6213.

    Feel free to use the PA questionnaire, please cite: Rouw, R.&Scholte, H.S. (2007). Increased structural connectivity in grapheme-color synesthesia. Nature Neuroscience, 10, 792-797.
    A real red-letter day. E.M. Hubbar. News&Views, Nature Neuroscience 10(6)
    PA Questionnaire (English)

    PA Questionnaire - other languages

    For PA questionnaire in Dutch (original), see "PA Questionnaire (Dutch)" link below.

    The questionnaire was translated into German by Beat Meier and Nicolas Rothen . See "PA Questionnaire (German)"

    The questionnaire was translated into Polish by Urszula Mihułowicz . See "PA Questionnaire (Polish)"

    PA Questionnaire (Dutch)
    PA Questionnaire (German)
    PA Questionnaire (Polish)
  • Misophonia

    selection of articles

    Swedo, S., Baguley, D. M., Denys, D., Dixon, L. J., Erfanian, M., Fioretti, A., ... & Raver, S. M. (2021). A consensus definition of misophonia: using a delphi process to reach expert agreement. medRxiv.

    Cerliani, L., & Rouw, R. (2020). Increased orbitofrontal connectivity in misophonia. bioRxiv.

    McGeoch, P. D., & Rouw, R. (2020). How everyday sounds can trigger strong emotions: ASMR, misophonia and the feeling of wellbeing. BioEssays, 42(12), 2000099.

    Brout, J.J., Edelstein, M., Erfanian, M., Kumar, S., Mannino, M., Miller, L., Rouw, R., & Rosenthal, M.Z (2018). Investigating Misophonia: A Review of the Empirical Literature, Clinical Implications, and a Research Agenda. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 12,36.

    Rouw, R., & Erfanian, M. (2018). A Large‐Scale Study of Misophonia. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 74(3), 453-479.

    Edelstein, M., Brang, D., Rouw, R., & Ramachandran, V. S. (2013). Misophonia: physiological investigations and case descriptions. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 7(296), 1-11.

  • Publications

    2022

    • Swedo, S. E., Baguley, D. M., Denys, D., Dixon, L. J., Erfanian, M., Fioretti, A., Jastreboff, P. J., Kumar, S., Rosenthal, M. Z., Rouw, R., Schiller, D., Simner, J., Storch, E. A., Taylor, S., Vander Werff, K. R., Altimus, C. M., & Raver, S. M. (2022). Consensus Definition of Misophonia: A Delphi Study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 16, Article 841816. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2022.841816 [details]

    2021

    2020

    • McGeoch, P. D., & Rouw, R. (2020). How everyday sounds can trigger strong emotions: ASMR, misophonia and the feeling of wellbeing. BioEssays, 42(12), Article 2000099. https://doi.org/10.1002/bies.202000099 [details]
    • Tilot, A. K., Vino, A., Kucera, K. S., Carmichael, D. A., van den Heuvel, L., den Hoed, J., Sidoroff-Dorso, A. V., Campbell, A., Porteous, D. J., St Pourcain, B., van Leeuwen, T. M., Ward, J., Rouw, R., Simner, J., & Fisher, S. E. (2020). Correction to ‘Investigating genetic links between grapheme–colour synaesthesia and neuropsychiatric traits’. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 375(1795), Article 20190746. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0746

    2019

    2018

    2017

    • Colizoli, O., Murre, J. M. J., Scholte, H. S., & Rouw, R. (2017). Creating colored letters: Familial markers of grapheme–color synesthesia in parietal lobe activation and structure. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 29(7), 1239-1252. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1162/jocn_a_01105 [details]

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    2017

    • Korsmit, I., & Rouw, R. (2017). "If you eat that apple I might have to kill you"; A disproportionately negative response to particular sounds. Poster session presented at NVP Winterconferentie, Nederlandse Vereniging voor Psychonomie, Egmond aan Zee, Netherlands.

    2015

    • Erfanian, M., & Rouw, R. (2015). Emotional and cognitive characteristics of Misophonia. Poster session presented at Winterconference NVP 2015, .

    Prize / grant

    • Rouw, R. (2019). Neurological basis of Misophonia.
    • Rouw, R., Zuidema, W. & Ridderinkhof, R. (2019). Letter-color correspondences in synesthetes and non-synesthetes across languages..
    • Rouw, R. (2016). Congo Teaching Award (Nomination).
    • Rouw, R. (2016). "Cold Chills versus Hot Rage: extreme emotional responses to particular sounds".
    • Rouw, R. (2016). Research Proposal & Motivation letter.
    • Rouw, R. & Ridderinkhof, K. R. (2014). "From Sensation to Control: Neurocognitive Mechanisms of Synesthetic Experience".
    • Rouw, R. & Scholte, S. (2010). "Faculty of 1000 Medicine".

    Membership / relevant position

    • Rouw, R. (2019-2023). The REAM Foundation is a private family foundation, which began making grants in 2007.The REAM Foundation, working with the Milken Institute Center (…), REAM Foundation, USA. http://reamfoundation.org/
    • Rouw, R. (2018-2020). IASAS: International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists.
    • Rouw, R. (2017-2020). IASAS is an international organisation advancing awareness of synaesthesia and encouraging international collaboration through support for academic, (…), IASAS: International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists.
    • Rouw, R. (2017-2022). Science Director of IASAS: International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists. IASAS is an international organisation advancing (…), IASAS.

    Talk / presentation

    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (17-10-2019). Synesthetic vs Non-Synesthetic Color Associations, IASAS EVENT 2019.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (23-10-2018). Bridging the Senses, Royal Society's Theo Murphy Scientific Meeting program. Kavli Royal Society International Centre, Chicheley Hall, UK.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (7-2018). Current perspectives on Misophonia, Strategic Philanthropy Misophonia Retreat, Chicago.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (4-4-2018). Now you see it now you don’t:, Now you see it now you don’t: , Amsterdam.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (28-9-2017). Unusual Experiences; Meesterlijke ontmoeting, Vereniging ons Middelbaar Onderwijs. Strijp-S, Eindhoven.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (4-7-2017). Je ziet niet wat je ziet, Persbijeenkomst Hallmark, organised by Omnicom Public Relations Group, Amsterdam.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (29-6-2017). What's it like to be a synesthete Keynote in "Inspirational Bites"?, CMFG lead Horizontal programs HealthTech, Philips Design, Amsterdam.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (11-12-2016). Wat zie je als je blind bent, UvA/Nemo.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) & Krugers, H. J. (speaker) (21-11-2016). Zie je wat je ziet?, Congrescentrum Corpus.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (10-9-2016). How you get what you see, International school hilversum.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (6-2016). A case study of skill development and changes in phemomenology of blind users of a sensory substiution device?, International Multisensory Research Forum (IMRF).
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (6-2016). Individual Differences in Sensations.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (16-4-2016). What's it like to be a Synesthete, Trinity College Dublin.
    • Rouw, R. (invited speaker) (28-2-2014). Neural basis of synaesthesia; are we all synaesthetes? Synaesthesia in Perspective: development Networks, and Multisensory Processing., UKE, Hamburg, Germany.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (15-12-2013). Je ziet niet wat je ziet, 'Wakker Worden' kinderlezing NEMO.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (13-7-2013). Zintuigen Universiteit, Festival 5D, NDSM terrein, Amsterdam.
    • Rouw, R. (speaker) (6-7-2013). Syesthesie, Festival 'De Beschaving", Botanische Tuinen, Utrecht.

    Others

    • Rouw, R. (participant) (17-10-2019 - 20-10-2019). IASAS EVENT 2019. Co-organized conference (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Rouw, R. (participant) (15-6-2016 - 18-6-2016). Symposium International Multisensory Research Forum 17th annual meeting, Suzhou (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Rouw, R. (organiser) (18-3-2015). KNAW Masterclass, Amsterdam. Decoding the neurobiology of synaesthesia (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Rouw, R. (organiser) (2015). 26 juni 2015, Amsterdam. Multisensoy Integration and Synaesthesia (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
    • Rouw, R. (organiser), Colizoli, O. (organiser) & Murre, J. M. J. (organiser) (17-3-2014). The Adaptive Brain: Recent Advances in Cognitive Neuroscience, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (organising a conference, workshop, ...).

    2019

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  • Ancillary activities
    • Science Director of IASAS
      Scientific director
    • Ream foundation (non profit)
      Misophonia Advisory Group (member):
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