The prevalence of synaesthesia depends on early language learning

Kód výsledku v 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>

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The prevalence of synaesthesia depends on early language learning

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The prevalence of synaesthesia depends on early language learning

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2017

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Consciousness and Cognition

ISSN

1053-8100

e-ISSN

—

Svazek periodika

48

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

February

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

20

Strana od-do

212-231

Kód UT WoS článku

000393349200019

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85007072128