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Explicit Associative Learning and Memory in Synesthetes and Nonsynesthetes.
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- Reduced perceptual narrowing in synesthesia.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- Investigating genetic links between grapheme-colour synaesthesia and neuropsychiatric traits.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Synesthetes perseverate in implicit learning: Evidence from a non-stationary statistical learning task.Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006) · 2019Article
- Grapheme-Color Synesthesia is Associated with PTSD Among Deployed Veterans: Confirmation of Previous Findings and Need for Additional Research.International journal of emergency mental health · 2019Article
- New insights into mechanisms of enhanced synaesthetic memory: Benefits are synaesthesia-type-specific.PloS one · 2018Article
- Implicit associative learning in synesthetes and nonsynesthetes.Psychonomic bulletin & review · 2017Article
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Abstract
Most current theories regarding the development of synesthesia focus on cross-modal neural connections and genetic underpinnings, but recent evidence has revitalized the potential role of associative learning. In the present study, we compared synesthetes' and controls' ability to explicitly learn shape-color pairings. Using a continuous measure of accuracy and multiple testing blocks, we found that synesthetes learned these pairings faster than controls. In a delayed retest, synesthetes outperformed controls, demonstrating enhanced long-term memory for shape-color associations. Following this retest, participants learned shuffled associations, and we found little evidence for group differences in subsequent learning ability. Overall, our findings support the hypothesis that synesthetes have exceptional associative learning abilities and further specify that this advantage pertains to the initial learning rate and long-term retention of associations.
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