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  • 1Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. t.gebuis@uu.nl

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This study reveals that bidirectional synesthesia, where colors evoke numbers and vice versa, involves similar neural processes. These findings apply to both projector and associator synesthetes, suggesting shared brain mechanisms.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Sensory Perception

Background:

  • Grapheme-color synesthesia is common, but color-grapheme synesthesia is rare.
  • Recent research indicates bidirectional interactions at behavioral and neurophysiological levels.
  • Investigating shared neural mechanisms in synesthesia is crucial for understanding its nature.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore shared neuronal processes underlying bidirectional synesthesia.
  • To compare projector and associator synesthete subtypes.
  • To assess consistency between behavioral and electrophysiological measures.

Main Methods:

  • Event-related potentials (ERPs) were measured during number-color and color-number priming tasks.
  • Behavioral reaction times and ERP components (P3a, P3b) were analyzed.
  • Synesthetes were categorized based on behavioral priming effects.

Main Results:

  • Priming effects were observed in both tasks, with longer reaction times for incongruent trials.
  • ERP data showed priming effects in P3b latency and P3a amplitude.
  • No distinct patterns emerged between projector and associator synesthetes; however, a dissociation was found based on behavioral priming magnitude.

Conclusions:

  • Similar neural mechanisms underlie bidirectional synesthesia, even without explicit color-to-grapheme experiences.
  • Findings support the existence of distinct 'lower' and 'higher' synesthete categories based on neural processing.
  • Bidirectional synesthesia involves shared perceptual and attentional neural processes.