recruiting non-synaesthete participants

Synaesthesia Research Group
University of Waterloo
RECRUITING NON-SYNAESTHETE PARTICIPANTS
(UNDERGRADUATES AND GRADUATE STUDENTS)
Study Description: You are invited to participate in a research project that examines graphemecolour synaesthesia. Grapheme-colour synaesthesia is an uncommon phenomenon where
ordinary graphemes, such as letters and digits, provoke extraordinary secondary experiences of
colour.
In the testing session, you will be presented with individual black numbers and/or letters and will
be responding to the colour of a target patch that follows. Responses will be made using a
response box with keys labeled to correspond to each possible colour. There will be several
practice trials, followed by a block of experimental trials. The goal is to respond to the colour of the
target patch as quickly and as accurately as possible.
After this task, you will be asked to colour the letters A-Z and the numbers 0-9 twice using
PowerPoint. In this task, you should pretend that you have grapheme-colour synaesthesia, and
specify colours you might associate with each number and letter.
Eligibility and Participation: Graduate students and undergraduate students may be eligible to
participate as long as you: (1) are 18 years of age or older, (2) do NOT see a particular colour when
looking at a certain letter OR number. Upon email contact, further eligibility criteria (gender and exact
age) will be evaluated.
Remuneration: Participants will receive $10 for the 1-hour testing session.
For any questions about this study, or to participate, please contact Arielle Levy at
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This study has been reviewed by and received clearance
through a University of Waterloo Research Ethics Committee.