Synesthesia or specific cognitive traits allow individuals to visually experience numbers and mathematical concepts
the verdict
SUPPORTED
the evidence backs this
confidence 82/100
Evidence indicates that specific cognitive conditions like synesthesia allow individuals to automatically experience numbers and mathematical concepts through associated sensory modalities such as color.
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Components of Attention in Grapheme-Color Synesthesia: A Modeling Approach
2015 · cited by 14
Demonstrates that grapheme-color synesthesia directly affects the perceptual processing speed and short-term memory capacity of visually presented numbers and letters.
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Two plus blue equals green: Grapheme-color synesthesia allows cognitive access to numerical information via color
2013 · cited by 12
Shows that synesthetes can cognitively access numerical information elicited by physical colors as accurately as with graphemes.