Grapheme learning and grapheme-color synesthesia: toward a comprehensive model of grapheme-color association

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作者
Asano, Michiko [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Yokosawa, Kazuhiko [4 ]
机构
[1] Keio Univ, Fac Environm & Informat Studies, Dept Environm & Informat Studies, Fujisawa, Kanagawa 2520882, Japan
[2] Japan Soc Promot Sci, Tokyo, Japan
[3] Tamagawa Univ, Brain Sci Inst, Tokyo, Japan
[4] Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Humanities & Sociol, Dept Psychol, Tokyo, Japan
来源
FRONTIERS IN HUMAN NEUROSCIENCE | 2013年 / 7卷
基金
日本学术振兴会;
关键词
grapheme-color synesthesia; grapheme acquisition; grapheme discrimination; Japanese phonetic characters (Hiragana); language development; perceptual categorization and identification; SYNAESTHESIA;
D O I
10.3389/fnhum.2013.00757
中图分类号
Q189 [神经科学];
学科分类号
071006 ;
摘要
Recent progress in grapheme-color synesthesia research has revealed that certain regularities, as well as individual differences, figure into grapheme-color associations. Although several factors are known to regulate grapheme-color associations, the impact off actors, including their interrelationships, on synesthesia remains unclear. We investigated determinants of synesthetic color for graphemes (characters, letters) of Hiragana, a phonetic script in the Japanese language, and the English alphabet. Results revealed that grapheme ordinality was the strongest predictor of synesthetic colors for Hiragana characters, followed by character sound, and visual shape. Ordinality and visual shapes also significantly predicted synesthetic colors for English alphabet letters, however, sounds did not. The relative impact of grapheme properties on grapheme-color associations and the differences between these two writing systems are accounted for by considering the way graphemes are processed in the brain and introduced during an individual's development. A new model is proposed which takes into account the developmental process of grapheme learning. The model provides comprehensive explanation of synesthetic grapheme-color association determination processes, including the differences across writing systems.
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