Learning, memory, and synesthesia.
Psychol Sci
; 24(3): 258-65, 2013 Mar 01.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23307940
ABSTRACT
People with color-grapheme synesthesia experience color when viewing written letters or numerals, usually with a particular color evoked by each grapheme. Here, we report on data from 11 color-grapheme synesthetes who had startlingly similar color-grapheme pairings traceable to childhood toys containing colored letters. These are the first and only data to show learned synesthesia of this kind in more than a single individual. Whereas some researchers have focused on genetic and perceptual aspects of synesthesia, our results indicate that a complete explanation of synesthesia must also incorporate a central role for learning and memory. We argue that these two positions can be reconciled by thinking of synesthesia as the automatic retrieval of highly specific mnemonic associations, in which perceptual contents are brought to mind in a manner akin to mental imagery or the perceptual-reinstatement effects found in memory studies.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Transtornos da Percepção
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Percepção Visual
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Aprendizagem
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Memória
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Psychol Sci
Assunto da revista:
PSICOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos