The prevalence of synaesthesia depends on early language learning
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11210%2F17%3A10367177" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11210/17:10367177 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2016.12.004" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2016.12.004</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2016.12.004" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.concog.2016.12.004</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The prevalence of synaesthesia depends on early language learning
Original language description
According to one theory, synaesthesia develops, or is preserved, because it helps children learn. If so, it should be more common among adults who faced greater childhood learning challenges. In the largest survey of synaesthesia to date, the incidence of synaesthesia was compared among native speakers of languages with transparent (easier) and opaque (more difficult) orthographies. Contrary to our prediction, native speakers of Czech (transparent) were more likely to be synaesthetes than native speakers of English (opaque). However, exploratory analyses suggested that this was because more Czechs learned non-native second languages, which was strongly associated with synaesthesia, consistent with the learning hypothesis. Furthermore, the incidence of synaesthesia among speakers of opaque languages was double that among speakers of transparent languages other than Czech, also consistent with the learning hypothesis. These findings contribute to an emerging understanding of synaesthetic development as a complex and lengthy process with multiple causal influences. (C) 2016 Published by Elsevier Inc.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60203 - Linguistics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2017
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Consciousness and Cognition
ISSN
1053-8100
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
48
Issue of the periodical within the volume
February
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
212-231
UT code for WoS article
000393349200019
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85007072128