Color Processing in Synesthesia: What Synesthesia Can and Cannot Tell Us About Mechanisms of Color Processing

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Janik, Agnieszka B and Banissy, Michael J.. 2017. Color Processing in Synesthesia: What Synesthesia Can and Cannot Tell Us About Mechanisms of Color Processing. Topics in Cognitive Science, 9(1), pp. 215-227. ISSN 1756-8757 [Article]

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Synesthetic experiences of color have been traditionally conceptualized as a perceptual phenomenon. However, recent evidence suggests a role of higher order cognition in the formation of synesthetic experiences. Here, we discuss how synesthetic experiences of color differ from and inﬂuence veridical color processing, and how non-perceptual processes such as imagery and color memory might play a role in eliciting synesthetic color experience.

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https://doi.org/10.1111/tops.12237

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ABJ was supported by a PhD Studentship from the Economic and Social ResearchCouncil. MJB was supported by the BIAL Foundation (74/12) and the Economic andSocial Research Council (ES/K00882X/1).