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ArticleMemory & cognition2020

A single system account of enhanced recognition memory in synaesthesia.

Nicolas Rothen, Christopher J Berry, Anil K Seth, Sabine Oligschläger, Jamie Ward

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5 authors.

Nicolas RothenSackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK. nicolas.rothen@gmail.com.
Christopher J BerrySchool of Psychology, University of Plymouth, Plymouth, UK.
Anil K SethSackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Sabine OligschlägerSchool of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Jamie WardSackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Researchers often adjudicate between models of memory according to the models' ability to explain impaired patterns of performance (e.g., in amnesia). In contrast, evidence from special groups with enhanced memory is very rarely considered. Here, we explored how people with unusual perceptual experiences (synaesthesia) perform on various measures of memory and test how computational models of memory may account for their enhanced performance. We contrasted direct and indirect measures of memory (i.e., recognition memory, repetition priming, and fluency) in grapheme-colour synaesthetes and controls using a continuous identification with recognition (CID-R) paradigm. Synaesthetes outperformed controls on recognition memory and showed a different reaction-time pattern for identification. The data were most parsimoniously accounted for by a single-system computational model of the relationship between recognition and identification. Overall, the findings speak in favour of enhanced processing as an explanation for the memory advantage in synaesthesia. In general, our results show how synaesthesia can be used as an effective tool to study how individual differences in perception affect cognitive functions.

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AdolescentAdultColor PerceptionFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPattern Recognition, VisualReadingRecognition, PsychologyRepetition PrimingSynesthesiaYoung AdultMemoryRecognitionRepetition primingSignal detectionSynaesthesia

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PMID31939042
PMCPMC7052031

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