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Training Synesthetic Letter-color Associations by Reading in Color

DOI: 10.3791/50893-v
What you'll learn
  • ✓ Screen participants for baseline abilities
  • ✓ Implement reading-in-color training protocol
  • ✓ Test learned letter-color associations
  • ✓ Evaluate preferences and MRI data
Protocol

Biopharma Insights Reading in color is a new method for training letter-color associations that are typically found only in grapheme-color synesthetes. It involves an implicit form of training that has potential for long-term associative training methods because the training is a byproduct of reading and any text can be colored.

Difficulty
intermediate
Total time
~1-2 hrs/session, multiple sessions over days

Steps

1
Screen potential participants

Screen individuals to ensure they meet criteria for the training study.

▶ 01:41
2
Train participants using colored reading

Present colored text to implicitly train letter-color associations during reading.

▶ 02:31
3
Test associations in behavioral lab

Assess learned letter-color associations using behavioral tasks in the lab.

▶ 05:12
4
Test associations in MRI scanner

Measure neural correlates of learned letter-color associations using MRI.

▶ 07:05
5
Administer Stroop test and preference groups

Perform Stroop test, collect preference data, and process MRI data.

▶ 08:17
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