APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Enhanced Auditory Memory Associated with Better Learning in Music-Color Synesthetes
- Jessica Frey
Penn State College of Medicine - Catherine Lemley
Elizabethtown College - Halley Donlin
Elizabethtown College
Abstract
An Auditory Backwards Recognition Masking protocol compared auditory memory in music-color synesthetes and non-synesthetes. Results revealed that synesthetes were significantly more accurate with the task and also trended toward faster reaction times. These results suggest an enhanced ability for synesthetes to learn, supporting cue-induced encoding/retrieval theory.
Human Learning and Memory
