title: Synesthetic experiences enhance unconscious learning.
abstract: Synesthesia  is characterized  by consistent extra perceptual experiences in response to normal sensory input. Recent studies provide evidence for a specific profile of enhanced memory performance in synesthesia, but focus exclusively on explicit memory paradigms for which the learned content is consciously accessible. In this study, for the first time, we demonstrate with an implicit memory paradigm that synesthetic experiences also enhance memory performance relating to unconscious knowledge.
authors.affiliation: a School of Psychology , University of Sussex , Brighton , UK.
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rothen
authors.forename: Ryan B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: Andy D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Mealor
authors.forename: Daniel J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Coolbear
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Burckhardt
authors.forename: Jamie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology; D000080311:Synesthesia; D014473:Unconscious, Psychology; D055815:Young Adult