title: Color Processing in Synesthesia: What Synesthesia Can and Cannot Tell Us About Mechanisms of Color Processing.
abstract: Synesthetic experiences of color have been traditionally conceptualized as a perceptual phenomenon. However, recent evidence suggests a role of higher order cognition in the formation of synesthetic experiences. Here, we discuss how synesthetic experiences of color differ from and influence veridical color processing, and how non-perceptual processes such as imagery and color memory might play a role in eliciting synesthetic color experience.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, James Cook University.|Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London.
authors.forename: Agnieszka B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Janik McErlean
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths University of London.
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Banissy
mesh_terms: D003118:Color Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D011930:Reaction Time; D000080311:Synesthesia
keywords: Color imagery; Color memory; Color processing; Synesthesia; Synesthetic color; Veridical color