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Thirty Ss served in a paired-associates learning task using three different sets of color-tone pairs. The data indicated that a “synesthetic” pairing of the colors and tones, based on correlated physical characteristics of the sense modalities, markedly influenced the rate of acquisition of these pairs. This group learned the pairs with significantly less errors and trials than did the other groups in which the pairs were randomly determined even though the “synesthetic” pairings were not preferred in a pre-learning task.
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Ries, H.A. A paired-associates learning task involving two sensory modalities. Psychon Sci 5, 173–174 (1966). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03328338
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