Journal
PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 24, Issue 12, Pages 2390-2397Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/0956797613492424
Keywords
color perception; perception; motion perception
Categories
Funding
- Medical Research Council [G0700929] Funding Source: researchfish
- Medical Research Council [G0700929] Funding Source: Medline
- MRC [G0700929] Funding Source: UKRI
Ask authors/readers for more resources
Synesthesia is a rare condition in which one property of a stimulus (e.g., shape) triggers a secondary percept (e.g., color) not typically associated with the first. Work on synesthesia has predominantly focused on confirming the authenticity of synesthetic experience, but much less research has been conducted to examine the extent to which synesthesia is linked to broader perceptual differences. In the research reported here, we examined whether synesthesia is associated with differences in color and motion processing by comparing these abilities in synesthetes who experience color as their evoked sensation with nonsynesthetic participants. We show that synesthesia for color is linked to facilitated color sensitivity but decreased motion sensitivity. These findings are discussed in relation to the neurocognitive mechanisms of synesthesia and interactions between color and motion processing in typical adults.
Authors
I am an author on this paper
Click your name to claim this paper and add it to your profile.
Reviews
Recommended
No Data Available