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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Grapheme-color synesthesia involves consistent, automatic color perception linked to graphemes.
  • Previous research primarily focused on the visual aspects of synesthesia.
  • Cognitive functions beyond sensory perception in synesthetes remain largely unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate cognitive processing for motor execution and inhibition in grapheme-color synesthesia.
  • To utilize event-related potentials (ERPs) to examine these cognitive functions.
  • To compare synesthetes and non-synesthetes using Go/No-go paradigms across different sensory modalities.

Main Methods:

  • Employed visual, auditory, and somatosensory Go/No-go tasks.
  • Recorded event-related potentials (ERPs) in six grapheme-color synesthetes and 24 non-synesthetes.
  • Analyzed behavioral data (omission errors) and ERP components (N2, P3 latencies and amplitudes).

Main Results:

  • Grapheme-color synesthetes exhibited higher omission error rates.
  • Significant group-trial interactions were found for visual N2 latency and somatosensory N2 amplitude.
  • Synesthetes showed shorter auditory and somatosensory P3 latencies compared to non-synesthetes.

Conclusions:

  • Grapheme-color synesthesia is associated with specific cognitive processing characteristics in motor control and inhibition.
  • These findings extend beyond the well-documented synesthetic color perception.
  • The study advances the understanding of the broader cognitive profile of individuals with grapheme-color synesthesia.