Synesthetic experiences enhance unconscious learning.
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چکیده
Synesthesia is characterized by consistent extra perceptual experiences in response to normal sensory input. Recent studies provide evidence for a specific profile of enhanced memory performance in synesthesia, but focus exclusively on explicit memory paradigms for which the learned content is consciously accessible. In this study, for the first time, we demonstrate with an implicit memory paradigm that synesthetic experiences also enhance memory performance relating to unconscious knowledge.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Cognitive neuroscience
دوره 4 3-4 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013