Synesthesia for Color Is Linked to Improved Color Perception but Reduced Motion Perception

October 17, 2013
By Andrea

Work on synesthesia has predominantly focused on confirming the authenticity of synesthetic experience, but much less research has been conducted to examine the extent to which synesthesia is linked to broader perceptual differences. The research reported here examines whether synesthesia is associated with differences in color and motion processing by comparing these abilities in synesthetes who experience color as their evoked sensation with nonsynesthetic participants.