Training synaesthesia

Rothen, Nicolas; Wantz, Andrea; Meier, Beat (2011). Training synaesthesia. Perception, 40(10), pp. 1248-1250. London: Pion 10.1068/p6984

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Abstract. Synaesthetic inducers such as graphemes are typically cultural artifacts. Thus, a learning component seems evident in synaesthesia (Simner et al, 2009 Brain 132 57 – 64). Normally, synaesthetes report to have their experiences since they can remember. Nevertheless, a recent training study suggests that synaesthesia can be mimicked in non-synaesthetes. To date, the role of learning during the development of synaesthesia is still debated. It is not clear whether synaesthesia can be learned or trained at all. To address this question, we compared a non-adaptive and an adaptive training for their effectiveness. We assessed their impact on two types of priming tasks, before and after the training. We found stronger priming in the adaptive training group suggesting that adaptive training is more efficient to mimic synaesthesia.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Original Article)
Division/Institute:	07 Faculty of Human Sciences > Institute of Psychology > Psychological and Behavioral Health 10 Strategic Research Centers > Center for Cognition, Learning and Memory (CCLM)
UniBE Contributor:	Wantz, Andrea Laura, Meier, Beat
ISSN:	0301-0066
Publisher:	Pion
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:30
Last Modified:	29 Mar 2023 23:32
Publisher DOI:	10.1068/p6984
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/11684 (FactScience: 217918)