“Cognitive Processing in Grapheme-Color Synesthesia: An Electroencephalographic Investigation”
Joel Bish, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA 19426
 
Grapheme-Color Synesthesia is a relatively common type of the condition in which individuals experience color perceptions as a result of processing letters and/or numbers. There are numerous theoretical neurological explanations for the condition.  This project will investigate the cognitive costs and benefits of the additional perceptual experience of grapheme-color synesthetes.  Using an expansive battery of both cognitive/behavioral and electroencephalographic tasks, the project will aim to describe these costs and benefits as well as lend evidence to the altered electrophysiological profile of these individuals.  Focus will be on both group differences between synesthetes and non-synesthetes, and individual differences within the group of graphem-color synesthesia.  

Joel Bish, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
Ursinus College
316 Thomas Hall
Collegeville, PA 19426
Phone: (610) 409-3000
Fax: (610) 409-3633
Email: jbish@ursinus.edu