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Grapheme-color synesthesia and grapheme learning processes in children

Research Project

Project/Area Number 16K17365
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Experimental psychology
Research InstitutionRikkyo University

Principal Investigator

ASANO Michiko  立教大学, 現代心理学部, 准教授 (40553607)

Project Period (FY) 2016-04-01 – 2020-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2019)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2019: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Keywords共感覚 / 色字共感覚 / 言語発達 / 発達段階 / 文字学習 / 実験系心理学 / 認知心理学 / 認知科学 / 多感覚処理
Outline of Final Research Achievements

Grapheme-color synesthesia is a cognitive characteristic in which the person feels that specific graphemes are associated with specific colors, and is found in a small number of the general population. The objective of this research project was to expand the developmental model of grapheme-color synesthesia (Asano & Yokosawa, 2013), which suggests that grapheme-color synesthesia is profoundly connected with grapheme learning. During the research period, (1) I have launched a longitudinal study on the developmental process of grapheme-color synesthesia in elementary school-aged children; (2) I have conducted a survey of university students on grapheme-synesthesia. Remarkably, the results revealed that there were a small number of people who reported that they had grapheme-color synesthesia in childhood but subsequently lost it; (3) Several research collaborations, both international and national, have been conducted, each of which contributed to the expansion of the developmental model.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

色字共感覚に代表される共感覚の存在は、単に「文字を見る」という行為であっても色を感じる人と感じない人がいるなど、人間の認知処理の仕組みが多様であることを示している。人の認知の仕組みの全体像を明らかにする上ではそのような多様性も考慮する必要があり、共感覚のメカニズムを明らかにすることで、多様さを持った人間の認知処理メカニズムの全貌解明に一歩近づくことができる。また、色字共感覚と文字学習の関係を明らかにすることで、共感覚の有無を問わず、人間がどのような情報を助けにして文字を習得するのかについてのヒントが得られる可能性がある。

Report

(5 results)
  • 2019 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2018 Research-status Report
  • 2017 Research-status Report
  • 2016 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (37 results)

All 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 Other

All Int'l Joint Research (8 results) Journal Article (6 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results,  Peer Reviewed: 5 results,  Open Access: 5 results) Presentation (23 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 12 results,  Invited: 7 results)

  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California San Diego(米国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Amsterdam(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Rey Juan Carlos University(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Korea University(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of California San Diego(米国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] University of Amsterdam(オランダ)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Rey Juan Carlos University(スペイン)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Int'l Joint Research] Korea University(韓国)

    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Journal Article] Regularities in Associations Between Kana Characters and Colors Shown by Japanese Non-Synesthetes2019

    • Author(s)
      永井 淳一、横澤 一彦、浅野 倫子
    • Journal Title

      Cognitive Studies: Bulletin of the Japanese Cognitive Science Society

      Volume: 26 Issue: 4 Pages: 426-439

    • DOI

      10.11225/jcss.26.426

    • NAID

      130007804321

    • ISSN
      1341-7924, 1881-5995
    • Year and Date
      2019-12-01
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Synaesthetic colour associations for Japanese Kanji characters: from the perspective of grapheme learning2019

    • Author(s)
      Asano Michiko、Takahashi So-ichiro、Tsushiro Takuya、Yokosawa Kazuhiko
    • Journal Title

      Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

      Volume: 374:20180349 Issue: 1787 Pages: 1-12

    • DOI

      10.1098/rstb.2018.0349

    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Influence of the graphemic information of Japanese Kanji characters on the number of synesthetic colors2019

    • Author(s)
      宇野 究人, 浅野 倫子, 横澤 一彦
    • Journal Title

      The Japanese journal of psychology

      Volume: 89 Issue: 6 Pages: 571-579

    • DOI

      10.4992/jjpsy.89.17054

    • NAID

      130007604119

    • ISSN
      0021-5236, 1884-1082
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Implicit joining of apparently disjoint perceptual-cognitive processing types: Synesthesia and sound symbolism2018

    • Author(s)
      浅野 倫子
    • Journal Title

      The Japanese Journal of Psychonomic Science

      Volume: 37 Issue: 1 Pages: 57-64

    • DOI

      10.14947/psychono.37.8

    • NAID

      130007557610

    • ISSN
      0287-7651, 2188-7977
    • Year and Date
      2018-12-26
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Developmental Changes in Number Personification by Elementary School Children2018

    • Author(s)
      Matsuda, E., Okazaki, Y. S.、Asano, M., & Yokosawa, K.
    • Journal Title

      Frontiers in Psychology

      Volume: 9

    • DOI

      10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02214

    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Why is the synesthete's “A” red? Using a five-language dataset to disentangle the effects of shape, sound, semantics, and ordinality on inducer?concurrent relationships in grapheme-color synesthesia2018

    • Author(s)
      Root Nicholas B.、Rouw Romke、Asano Michiko、Kim Chai-Youn、Melero Helena、Yokosawa Kazuhiko、Ramachandran Vilayanur S.
    • Journal Title

      Cortex

      Volume: 99 Pages: 375-389

    • DOI

      10.1016/j.cortex.2017.12.003

    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 色字共感覚:色と文字と学習の結びつき2020

    • Author(s)
      浅野倫子
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会2019年度第2回フォーラム「共感覚と色情報処理」
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 共感覚における色字対応づけのダイナミクス2019

    • Author(s)
      浅野倫子
    • Organizer
      生理学研究所研究会「脳神経ダイナミクスの可視化と制御」
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 色字共感覚とそのメカニズム2019

    • Author(s)
      浅野倫子
    • Organizer
      第11回多感覚研究会 チュートリアル講演
    • Related Report
      2019 Annual Research Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] 日本人の色嗜好における文化依存性についての検討2019

    • Author(s)
      熊倉恵梨香, 信田拓也, 浅野倫子、横澤一彦
    • Organizer
      「注意と認知」研究会 第17回合宿研究会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Associations in Japanese grapheme-colour synaesthesia: from the perspective of grapheme learning.2018

    • Author(s)
      Asano, M.
    • Organizer
      Bridging senses: new developments in synaesthesia (a Royal Society discussion meeting)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] Effects of traditional culture on color preference.2018

    • Author(s)
      Yokosawa, K., Nobuta, T., & Asano, M.
    • Organizer
      The 59th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Developmental decrease in number personification by non-synesthetic children.2018

    • Author(s)
      Matsuda, E., Okazaki, Y., Asano, M., & Yokosawa, K.
    • Organizer
      The 22nd meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC)
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 既知文字の共感覚色は、文字の区別に役立つときに新奇文字に転移する2018

    • Author(s)
      浅野倫子, 門脇花奈, 宇野究人, 横澤一彦
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第37回大会
    • Related Report
      2018 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 漢字の形態情報が共感覚色の数に与える影響2018

    • Author(s)
      宇野究人・浅野倫子・横澤一彦
    • Organizer
      第16回注意と認知合宿研究会, 名古屋
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Synesthetic associations in Japanese grapheme-color synesthesia.2017

    • Author(s)
      Yokosawa, K., & Asano, M.
    • Organizer
      The Inaugural Sino-Danish Center Symposium on Synaesthesia, Expertise, and Multi-Sensory Perception, Beijing, China
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] The relationship between temporal consistency and sensitivity to regulatory factors in grapheme-color associations.2017

    • Author(s)
      Asano, M., Nagai, J., & Yokosawa, K.
    • Organizer
      The Inaugural Sino-Danish Center Symposium on Synaesthesia, Expertise, and Multi-Sensory Perception, Beijing, China
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] 共感覚と音象徴からのぞく認知処理間の潜在的な結びつき2017

    • Author(s)
      浅野倫子
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第63回大会 心の実験パッケージ特別委員会主催のシンポジウム「共感覚的体験:ワークショップと研究の最前線」, 大阪
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Invited
  • [Presentation] Temporal consistency in grapheme-color synesthesia covaries with sensitivity to regulatory factors in grapheme-color associations.2017

    • Author(s)
      Asano, M., Nagai, J., & Yokosawa, K.
    • Organizer
      International Association of Synaesthetes, Artists, and Scientists (IASAS)’ first synaesthesia symposium. Los Angeles, USA
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Influence of grapheme properties on the number of synesthetic colors for Japanese Kanji characters.2017

    • Author(s)
      Uno, K., Asano, M., & Yokosawa, K.
    • Organizer
      Object Perception, Attention, and Memory (OPAM) 25th Annual Meeting, Poster session 2 #3, Vancouver, Canada
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Grapheme-color associations can immediately transfer to novel graphemes, but such synesthetic colors are unstable.2017

    • Author(s)
      Yokosawa, K., Tsushiro, T., & Asano, M.
    • Organizer
      2017 Vision Sciences Society (VSS) Meeting, 63.4078, St. Pete Beach, USA
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 色字共感覚2017

    • Author(s)
      浅野倫子
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第81回大会, 公募シンポジウム68「共感覚と直観像:少数者が持つ感覚的・認知的特性の研究」, 久留米
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 新しく学習した文字に対する共感覚色の安定性2017

    • Author(s)
      浅野倫子・津城拓也・横澤一彦
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第81回大会, 1D-058, 久留米
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 漢字の文字情報が共感覚色の数に与える影響2017

    • Author(s)
      宇野究人・浅野倫子・横澤一彦
    • Organizer
      日本心理学会第81回大会, 1A-064, 久留米
    • Related Report
      2017 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Effects of learning new sounds or meanings for Kanji characters on synesthetic grapheme-color association.2016

    • Author(s)
      Yokosawa, K.、Tsushiro, T.、Li, Q.、Asano, M.
    • Organizer
      57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Sheraton Boston Hotel (Boston, MA, USA)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-17
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Color associations for the English alphabet in non-synesthetic Japanese people.2016

    • Author(s)
      Nagai, J.、Yokosawa, K.、Asano, M.
    • Organizer
      57th Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society
    • Place of Presentation
      Sheraton Boston Hotel (Boston, MA, USA)
    • Year and Date
      2016-11-17
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] 漢字の視覚的複雑性が色字共感覚の色に及ぼす影響2016

    • Author(s)
      浅野倫子、高橋聡一郎、横澤一彦
    • Organizer
      日本基礎心理学会第35回大会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京女子大学(東京都杉並区)
    • Year and Date
      2016-10-29
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Determinants of synesthetic colors for different types of graphemes, Japanese characters and the English alphabet: a developmental model.2016

    • Author(s)
      Asano, M.、Yokosawa, K.
    • Organizer
      31st International Congress on Psychology (ICP 2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県横浜市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Synesthesia-like associations between graphemes and colors in Japanese non-synesthetic population.2016

    • Author(s)
      Nagai, J.、Yokosawa, K.、Asano, M.
    • Organizer
      31st International Congress on Psychology (ICP 2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      パシフィコ横浜(神奈川県横浜市)
    • Year and Date
      2016-07-24
    • Related Report
      2016 Research-status Report
    • Int'l Joint Research

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