The influence of meaning on attention and memory

意义对注意力和记忆的影响

基本信息

批准号：
203130-2006
负责人：
Dixon, Michael
金额：
$ 2.19万
依托单位：
University of Waterloo
依托单位国家：
加拿大
项目类别：
Discovery Grants Program - Individual
财政年份：
2007
资助国家：
加拿大
起止时间：
2007-01-01 至 2008-12-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=362990
关键词：
influence meaning attention memory

项目摘要

Letters and digits have both form and meaning. A 7 has a describable form but also semantic attributes. It has a specific pronunciation ("seven"), and magnitude (> 6) as well as other connotations (e.g.,"lucky 7"). Persons with grapheme-colour synaesthesia have unusual semantic associations linked to both digits and letters and certain words. For example a 7 is not only lucky, but is also yellow. For "Time-Space synaesthetes", words that refer to time units (e.g., July) are associated with spatial locations (e.g., July is just above and to the right of August). My research program seeks to show that these unusual aspects of meaning can influence the manner in which digits or words are attended to and remembered. For example flashing the word July on a computer screen automatically directs a synaesthete's attention to their right (if that is where July resides for them). Synaesthetes like this also use their spatial calendars to remember dates and events in their lives. Studying synaesthesia offers a rare opportunity to study how the meaning of concepts like digits, and months can influence how we attend and remember these concepts.The goal here is not to understand synaesthesia per se, but rather to use synaesthesia as a venue for answering general questions about how the meaning associated with objects in our world can influence how they are attended and remembered.

字母和数字都有形式和含义。7 具有可描述的形式，但也具有语义属性。它具有特定的发音（“7”）和大小（> 6）以及其他含义（例如“幸运 7”）具有字素颜色联觉的人具有与数字和字母以及某些单词相关的不寻常的语义关联。幸运，但也是黄色。对于“时空联觉者”，指代时间单位的单词（例如，七月）与空间位置相关联（例如，七月位于八月的上方和右侧）。表明意义的这些不寻常的方面可以影响数字或单词的注意和记忆方式，例如，在计算机屏幕上闪烁“七月”一词会自动将联觉者的注意力引导到其右侧（如果那是那里的话）。像这样的联觉者也使用他们的空间日历来记住他们生活中的日期和事件，研究联觉提供了一个难得的机会来研究数字和月份等概念的含义如何影响我们如何关注和记住这些概念。理解联觉本身，而是使用联觉作为回答一般性问题的场所，这些问题涉及与我们世界中的物体相关的意义如何影响它们被参加并被记住。