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Color Processing in Synesthesia: What Synesthesia Can and Cannot Tell Us About Mechanisms of Color Processing
Author(s) -
Janik McErlean Agnieszka B.,
Banissy Michael J.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
topics in cognitive science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.191
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1756-8765
pISSN - 1756-8757
DOI - 10.1111/tops.12237
Subject(s) - synesthesia , cognitive psychology , psychology , cognitive science , computer science , neuroscience , perception
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.