Prof. Dr Nicolas Rothen

Axes de recherche

Artikel und Beiträge in der Fachpresse (peer-reviewed)

• Schwartzman, D. J., Bor, D., Rothen, N., & Seth, A. K. (2019). Neurophenomenology of induced and natural synaesthesia. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 374(1787), 20190030. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.0030
• Reber, T.P*., & Rothen, N*. (2018). Educational App-Development needs to be informed by the Cognitive Neurosciences of Learning & Memory. Npj Science of Learning, 3(1), 22.
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2018). Spontaneous retrieval reveals right-ear advantage in prospective memory. Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 71(4), 940–948. https://doi.org/10.1080/17470218.2017.1307867
• Rothen, N., Schwartzman, D. J., Bor, D., & Seth, A. K. (2018). Coordinated neural, behavioral, and phenomenological changes in perceptual plasticity through overtraining of synesthetic associations. Neuropsychologia, 111, 151–162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2018.01.030
• Rothen, N., Seth, A. K., & Ward, J. (2018). Synesthesia improves sensory memory, when perceptual awareness is high. Vision Research, 153, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2018.09.002
• Rothen, N., Bartl, G., Franklin, A., & Ward, J. (2017). Electrophysiological correlates and psychoacoustic characteristics of hearing-motion synaesthesia. Neuropsychologia, 106(Supplement C), 280–288. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2017.08.031
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2017). Time-of-day affects prospective memory differently in younger and older adults. Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition, 24(6), 600–612. https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2016.1238444
• Ward, J., Rothen, N., Chang, A., & Kanai, R. (2017). The structure of inter-individual differences in visual ability: Evidence from the general population and synaesthesia. Vision Research, 141, 293–302. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.visres.2016.06.009
• Mealor, A. D., Simner, J., Rothen, N., Carmichael, D. A., & Ward, J. (2016). Different Dimensions of Cognitive Style in Typical and Atypical Cognition: New Evidence and a New Measurement Tool. PLoS ONE, 11(5), e0155483. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155483
• Rothen, N., Jünemann, K., Mealor, A. D., Burckhardt, V., & Ward, J. (2016). The sensitivity and specificity of a diagnostic test of sequence-space synesthesia. Behavior Research Methods, 48(4), 1476–1481. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-015-0656-2
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2016). Time of day affects implicit memory for unattended stimuli. Consciousness and Cognition, 46, 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2016.09.012
• Meier, B., Lunke, K., & Rothen, N. (2015). How mirror-touch informs theories of synesthesia. Cognitive Neuroscience, 0(0), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2015.1057484
• Meier, B., Rey-Mermet, A., & Rothen, N. (2015). Turning univalent stimuli bivalent: Synesthesia can cause cognitive conflict in task switching. Cognitive Neuroscience, 0(0), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2015.1017449
• Meier, B., & Rothen, N. (2015). Developing synaesthesia: A primer. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 211. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00211
• Bor, D., Rothen, N., Schwartzman, D. J., Clayton, S., & Seth, A. K. (2014). Adults can be trained to acquire synesthetic experiences. Scientific Reports, 4(7089), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep07089
• Meier, B., Rothen, N., & Walter, S. (2014). Developmental aspects of synaesthesia across the adult lifespan. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 129. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00129
• Pfeifer, G., Rothen, N., Ward, J., Chan, D., & Sigala, N. (2014). Associative memory advantage in grapheme-color synesthetes compared to older, but not young adults. Frontiers in Psychology, 5, 696. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00696
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2014a). Acquiring synaesthesia: Insights from training studies. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 8, 109. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00109
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2014b). Psychophysiology of prospective memory. Memory, 22(7), 867–880. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658211.2013.847106
• Meier, B., Rey-Mermet, A., Rothen, N., & Graf, P. (2013). Recognition memory across the lifespan: the impact of word frequency and study-test interval on estimates of familiarity and recollection. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 787. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00787
• Meier, B., & Rothen, N. (2013). Grapheme-color synaesthesia is associated with a distinct cognitive style. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 632. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00632
• Pritchard, J., Rothen, N., Coolbear, D., & Ward, J. (2013). Enhanced associative memory for colour (but not shape or location) in synaesthesia. Cognition, 127(2), 230–234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2012.12.012
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2013). Why vicarious experience is not an instance of synesthesia. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 128. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00128
• Rothen, N., Nikolić, D., Jürgens, U. M., Mroczko-Wąsowicz, A., Cock, J., & Meier, B. (2013). Psychophysiological evidence for the genuineness of swimming-style colour synaesthesia. Consciousness and Cognition, 22(1), 35–46. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2012.11.005
• Rothen, N., Scott, R. B., Mealor, A. D., Coolbear, D. J., Burckhardt, V., & Ward, J. (2013). Synesthetic experiences enhance unconscious learning. Cognitive Neuroscience, 4(3–4), 231–238. https://doi.org/10.1080/17588928.2013.847077
• Rothen, N., Seth, A. K., Witzel, C., & Ward, J. (2013). Diagnosing synaesthesia with online colour pickers: Maximising sensitivity and specificity. Journal of Neuroscience Methods, 215(1), 156–160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jneumeth.2013.02.009
• Rothen, N., Tsakanikos, E., Meier, B., & Ward, J. (2013). Coloured Letters and Numbers (CLaN): A reliable factor-analysis based synaesthesia questionnaire. Consciousness and Cognition, 22(3), 1047–1060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2013.07.005
• Terhune, D. B., Rothen, N., & Cohen Kadosh, R. (2013). Correcting misconceptions about synaesthesia. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 103, 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2013.02.004
• Ward, J., Hovard, P., Jones, A., & Rothen, N. (2013). Enhanced recognition memory in grapheme-color synaesthesia for different categories of visual stimuli. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 762. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00762
• Rothen, N., Meier, B., & Ward, J. (2012). Enhanced memory ability: Insights from synaesthesia. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 36(8), 1952–1963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2012.05.004
• Rothen, N., & Terhune, D. B. (2012). Increased Resting State Network Connectivity in Synesthesia: Evidence for a Neural Basis of Synesthetic Consistency. The Journal of Neuroscience, 32(40), 13641–13643. https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3577-12.2012
• Meier, B., von Wartburg, P., Matter, S., Rothen, N., & Reber, R. (2011). Performance predictions improve prospective memory and influence retrieval experience. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology/Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale, 65(1), 12–18. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0022784
• Nikolić, D., Jürgens, U. M., Rothen, N., Meier, B., & Mroczko, A. (2011). Swimming-style synesthesia. Cortex, 47(7), 874–879. doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2011.02.008
• Rothen, N., Wantz, A.-L., & Meier, B. (2011). Training synaesthesia. Perception, 40(10), 1248–1250. https://doi.org/10.1068/p6984
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2010a). Grapheme–colour synaesthesia yields an ordinary rather than extraordinary memory advantage: Evidence from a group study. Memory, 18(3), 258–264. https://doi.org/10.1080/09658210903527308
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2010b). Higher prevalence of synaesthesia in art students. Perception, 39(5), 718–720. https://doi.org/10.1068/p6680
• Rothen, N., Nyffeler, T., von Wartburg, R., Müri, R., & Meier, B. (2010). Parieto-occipital suppression eliminates implicit bidirectionality in grapheme-colour synaesthesia. Neuropsychologia, 48(12), 3482–3487. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2010.07.032
• Frey, S., Balu, S., Greusing, S., Rothen, N., & Cajochen, C. (2009). Consequences of the Timing of Menarche on Female Adolescent Sleep Phase Preference. PLoS ONE, 4(4), e5217. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005217
• Meier, B., & Rothen, N. (2009). Training grapheme-colour associations produces a synaesthetic Stroop effect, but not a conditioned synaesthetic response. Neuropsychologia, 47(4), 1208–1211. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2009.01.009
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2009). Do synesthetes have a general advantage in visual search and episodic memory? A case for group studies. PLoS ONE, 4(4), e5037. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0005037
• Meier, B., & Rothen, N. (2007). When conditioned responses “fire back”: Bidirectional cross-activation creates learning opportunities in synesthesia. Neuroscience, 147(3), 569–572. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2007.04.008

Buchkapitel

• Meier, B., & Rothen, N. (2013). Synaesthesia and memory. In J. Simner & E. M. Hubbard (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Synaesthesia (pp. 692–706). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Konferenzen (Symposien)

• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2016, July). Neural basis of prospective memory. Symposium organized at the ICOM, 6th International Conference on Memory, Budapest (Hungary).
• Rothen, N., & Rusted, J. (2015, September). Current methods and advances in prospective memory research. Symposium organized at the ESCOP, 19th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Paphos (Cypress).
• Rothen, N., Walter, S., & Meier, B. (2015, September). Prospective memory: Psychology of the future. Symposium organized at the SGP, 14th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Geneva (Switzerland).
• Rothen, N., & Ward, J. (2013, August). Synaesthesia: How unusual perception can inform normal cognition. Symposium organized at the ESCOP, 18th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Budapest (Hungary).
• Meier, B., & Rothen, N. (2011, August). Memory and Synaesthesia. Symposium organized at the ICOM, 5th International Conference on Memory, York (UK).

Konferenzen (Vorträge)

• Ovalle Fresa, R., & Rothen, N. (2018, March). Training improves recall precision for colours of novel objects. Talk presented at the TEAP, 60th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Marburg (Germany).
• Rothen, N., & Ovalle Fresa, R. (2018, March). Enhanced colour perception and memory for colours in grapheme-colour synaesthetes and colour experts. Talk presented at the TEAP, 60th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Marburg (Germany).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2017, March). Time-of-day affects prospective memory differently in younger and older adults. Talk presented at the TEAP, 59th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Dresden (Germany).
• Rothen, N., Schwartzman, D. J., Bor, D., & Seth, A. K. (2017, September). Neural, behavioural, and phenomenological changes in training-induced synaesthesia. Talk presented at the ESCOP, 20th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Potsdam (Germany).
• Ovalle Fresa, R., & Rothen, N. (2016, July). Evidence for a perception memory continuum: an EEG study in a healthy population. Talk presented at the ICOM, 6th International Conference on Memory, Budapest (Hungary).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2016, July). Right ear advantage in prospective memory: the retrieval strategy makes the difference. Talk presented at the ICOM, 6th International Conference on Memory, Budapest (Hungary).
• Rothen, N., Schwartzman, D. J., Bor, D., & Seth, A. K. (2016, April). Neural, behavioural, and phenomenological changes in training-induced synaesthesia. Talk presented at the UKSA, 9th Conference of the UK Synaesthesia Association, Dublin (UK).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2015, April). Automatic and controlled processes in prospective memory retrieval, age, and time of day. Talk presented at the TEAP, 57th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Hildesheim (Germany).
• Rothen, N., Nagai, Y., & Rusted, J. (2015a, September). Psychophysiology of Prospective Memory: The effects of autonomic arousal and cue-focality on prospective memory retrieval. Talk presented at the ESCOP, 19th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Paphos (Cypress).
• Rothen, N., Nagai, Y., & Rusted, J. (2015b, September). Psychophysiology of Prospective Memory: The effects of autonomic arousal and cue-focality on prospective memory retrieval. Talk presented at the SGP, 14th Conference of the Swiss Psychological Society, Geneva (Switzerland).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2014, September). Attention affects prospective memory performance in dichotic listening paradigm. Talk presented at the SGP, 49th Conference of the German Psychological Society, Bochum (Germany).
• Rothen, N., Schwartzman, D. J., Canal, P., & Ward, J. (2014, April). Neurophysiological Basis of Enhanced Memory in Synaesthesia. Talk presented at the UKSA, 8th Conference of the UK Synaesthesia Association, London (UK).
• Rothen, N., & Ward, J. (2013, August). Memory: Insights from grapheme-colour synaesthesia. Talk presented at the ESCOP, 18th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology, Budapest (Hungary).
• Rothen, N., Meier, B., & Ward, J. (2012, June). Enhanced memory ability: Insights from synaesthesia. Talk presented at the IMRF, 13th International Multisensory Research Forum, Oxford (UK).
• Rothen, N., Seth, A. K., & Ward, J. (2012, April). How synaesthesia affects different memory systems and processes. Talk presented at the UKSA, 7th Conference of the UK Synaesthesia Association, Oxford (UK).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2011, August). Grapheme-colour synaesthesia yields an ordinary rather than extraordinary memory advantage, Evidence from a group study. Talk presented at the ICOM, 5th International Conference on Memory, York (UK).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2010a, March). Psychophysiological signature of prospective memory and emotional reactions. Talk presented at the TEAP, 52th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Saarbrücken (Germany).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2010b, April). Do synaesthetes have general memory advantages? Talk presented at the ArteCita, 3rd International Conference on Synaesthesia, Science and Art, Granada (Spain).
• Rothen, N., Nyffeler, T., von Wartburg, R., Müri, R., & Meier, B. (2010, March). The synaesthetic conditioning task reveals that parieto-occipital suppression eliminates implicit bidirectionality in grapheme-colour synaesthesia. Talk presented at the UKSA, 5th Conference of the UK Synaesthesia Association, Brighton (UK).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2009, March). Do synaesthetes have general memory advantages? Talk presented at the PSYCHO, 6th National Conference for Psychology Students, Kandersteg (Switzerland).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2008a, March). Do synaesthetes have a general advantage in visual search and episodic memory? Talk presented at the UKSA, 4th Conference of the UK Synaesthesia Association, Edinburgh (UK).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2008b, March). Do synaesthetes have a general advantage in visual search and episodic memory? A case for group studies. Talk presented at the PSYCHO, 5th National Conference for Psychology Students, Vaumarcus (Switzerland).

Konferenzen (Poster)

• Ovalle Fresa, R., & Rothen, N. (2018a, May). Enhancing visual mental representations: a training study. Poster presented at the CNB, Clinical Neuroscience Bern - 13th Annual Meeting, Bern (Switzerland).
• Ovalle Fresa, R., & Rothen, N. (2018b, May). Training can enhance precision of colour-representations in visual long-term memory. Poster presented at the International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Amsterdam (Netherlands).
• Rothen, N., & Ovalle Fresa, R. (2018a, May). Colour perception and colour memory in colour synaesthetes and colour experts: a comparison. Poster presented at the International Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Amsterdam (Netherlands).
• Rothen, N., & Ovalle Fresa, R. (2018b, May). Comparable benefits in perception and memory for colour synaesthetes and colour experts. Poster presented at the CNB, Clinical Neuroscience Bern - 13th Annual Meeting, Bern (Switzerland).
• Ovalle Fresa, R., & Rothen, N. (2016, April). Evidence for a perception memory continuum: an EEG study in a healthy population. Poster presented at the CNB, Clinical Neuroscience Bern - 11th Annual Meeting, Bern (Switzerland).
• Rothen, N., Seth, A. K., & Ward, J. (2012, July). How synaesthesia affects different memory systems and processes. Poster presented at the ASSC, 16th Conference of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, Brighton (UK).
• Rothen, N., Nikolić, D., Jürgens, U. M., Mroczko-Wąsowicz, A., Cock, J., & Meier, B. (2011, March). Swimming-style colour synaesthesia: Genuine or acquired through training? Poster presented at the UKSA, 6th Conference of the UK Synaesthesia Association, London (UK).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2010, March). Psychophysiological signature of prospective memory. Poster presented at the TEAP, 52th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, Saarbrücken (Germany).
• Rothen, N., Nyffeler, T., von Wartburg, R., Müri, R., & Meier, B. (2010, November). Parieto-occipital suppression eliminates implicit bidirectionality in grapheme-colour synaesthesia. Poster presented at the CNB, Clinical Neuroscience Bern - 6th Annual Meeting, Bern (Switzerland).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2009, December). Grapheme-colour synaesthesia yields an ordinary rather than extraordinary memory advantage. Poster presented at the CNB, Clinical Neuroscience Bern - 5th Annual Meeting, Bern (Switzerland).
• Rothen, N., Nyffeler, T., von Wartburg, R., Müri, R., & Meier, B. (2008, November). Does synesthesia work bi-directionally? A TMS study. Poster presented at the CNB, Clinical Neuroscience Bern - 4th Annual Meeting, Bern (Switzerland).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2007, December). Psychophysiological signature of prospective memory and emotional reactions. Poster presented at the CNB, Clinical Neuroscience Bern - 3rd Annual Meeting, Bern (Switzerland).
• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2006, December). Synaesthesia creates opportunities for emotional learning. Poster presented at the CNB, Clinical Neuroscience Bern - 2nd Annual Meeting, Bern (Switzerland).

Konferenzen (Workshops)

• Rothen, N., & Meier, B. (2009, December). Measuring skin conductance response in cognitive neuroscience. Workshop presented at the CNB, Clinical Neuroscience Bern - 5th Annual Meeting, Bern (Switzerland).

Eingeladene Vorträge

• Rothen, N. (2017, December). Training-induced synaesthesia: a special case of expertise? Invited talk, University of Chinese Academy of Science’s, Yanqihu (China).
• Rothen, N. (2017, Dezember). On the links between perception and memory. Universität Giessen (Deutschland).
• Rothen, N. (2017, Januar). How individual differences in perception affect memory. Universität Heidelberg (Deutschland).
• Rothen, N. (2016, Mai). Memory and neural plasticity: What we can learn from synaesthesia research. Centre de Recherche Cerveau et Cognition (CerCo), Toulouse (Frankreich).
• Rothen, N. (2014, Juni). Perceptual functioning and memory performance: How synaesthesia can inform theories in cognitive science. Universität Amsterdam (Holland).
• Rothen, N. (2009, Juli). Synaesthesia: Memory advantages, implicit bidirectionality, and training of synaesthetic experiences. Universität Amsterdam (Holland).