Colours and Category learning: Implications for Grapheme-Colour Synaesthesia

Thea Katy Mannix; Thomas Alrik Sørensen

Colours and Category learning: Implications for Grapheme-Colour Synaesthesia

Thea Katy Mannix, Thomas Alrik Sørensen^*

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Abstract

In their recent publication, Pinna & Deiana (2018) describe the significant benefits of colour as a word segmentation tool for both adults and children with dyslexia. Here we describe how these findings may support work that claims synaesthesia, a neurological phenomenon where graphemes elicit an automatic, involuntary experience of colour, may develop in response to the cognitive demands of gaining literacy in childhood (Watson, Akins, Spiker, Crawford & Enns, 2014; 2017). We further describe how this may reflect on the underlying mechanisms of synaesthesia.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Sálubót: Afmælisrit til heiðurs Jörgen L. Pind
Editors	Árni Kristiánsson, Heida Maria Sigurdardottir, Kristjan Arnason
Number of pages	10
Publisher	University of Iceland Press
Publication date	8 Oct 2021
Pages	221-230
ISBN (Print)	978-9935-23-251-9
Publication status	Published - 8 Oct 2021
Event	Sálubót – Málþing til heiðurs Jörgen L. Pind sjötugum - University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland Duration: 8 Oct 2021 → 8 Oct 2021

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Conference	Sálubót – Málþing til heiðurs Jörgen L. Pind sjötugum
Location	University of Iceland
Country/Territory	Iceland
City	Reykjavik
Period	08/10/2021 → 08/10/2021

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Synaesthesia
Reading
Perceptual strategies

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Colours and Category learning: Implications for Grapheme-Colour Synaesthesia. / Mannix, Thea Katy; Sørensen, Thomas Alrik.
Sálubót: Afmælisrit til heiðurs Jörgen L. Pind. ed. / Árni Kristiánsson; Heida Maria Sigurdardottir; Kristjan Arnason. University of Iceland Press, 2021. p. 221-230.

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