Publications

Dubravac, M., Sachdeva, C., & Rothen, N. (2025). Levels of Processing Effects on Memory for Color-Object Associations. Journal of Cognition, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.5334/joc.437

Belardi, A., Chaieb, L., Fell, J., Rothen, N., & Reber, T. P. (2024). Effects of 5 Hz Auditory Beat Stimulation on Mind Wandering and Sustained Attention in an Online Experiment. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 8(3), 206–219. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41465-024-00290-5

Mihaylova, M., Kliegel, M., & Rothen, N. (2024). Does retrieval practice protect memory against stress? A meta-analysis. Peer Community in Registered Reports, 1. https://rr.peercommunityin.org/PCIRegisteredReports/articles/rec?id=406

Rothen, N., & Rey-Mermet, A. (2024). Wissenschaftliches Arbeiten und Kommunizieren [Scientific Practice and Communication] (1st ed.). Self-publishing. https://osf.io/4vfuq/

Sachdeva, C., Whelan, E., Ovalle-Fresa, R., Rey-Mermet, A., Ward, J., & Rothen, N. (2024). How perceptual ability shapes memory: An investigation in healthy special populations. Peer Community in Registered Reports, 1. https://rr.peercommunityin.org/PCIRegisteredReports/articles/rec?id=782

Weber, V., Ruch, S., Skieresz, N. H., Rothen, N., & Reber, T. P. (2024). Correlates of implicit semantic processing as revealed by representational similarity analysis applied to EEG. iScience, 27(11), 111149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2024.111149

Whelan, E., Sachdeva, C., Ovalle-Fresa, R., Rothen, N., & Ward, J. (2024). Synaesthesia as a Model for Assessing Individual Differences in Visual Perception and Memory Performance. Peer Community in Registered Reports, 1. https://rr.peercommunityin.org/PCIRegisteredReports/articles/rec?id=590

Rey-Mermet, A., & Rothen, N. (2023). The Interplay of Time-of-day and Chronotype Results in No General and Robust Cognitive Boost. Collabra: Psychology, 9(1), 88337. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.88337

Schwartzman, D. J., Oblak, A., Rothen, N., Bor, D., & Seth, A. K. (2023). Extensive Phenomenological Overlap Between Training-Induced and Naturally-Occurring Synaesthetic Experiences. Collabra: Psychology, 9(1), 73832. https://doi.org/10.1525/collabra.73832

Belardi, A., Chaieb, L., Rey-Mermet, A., Mormann, F., Rothen, N., Fell, J., & Reber, T. P. (2022). On the relationship between mind wandering and mindfulness. Scientific Reports, 12(1, 1), 7755. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-11594-x

Martarelli, C. S., Ovalle-Fresa, R., Popic, D., Globig, L. K., & Rothen, N. (2022). Reinstating location improves mnemonic access but not fidelity of visual mental representations. Cortex, 156, 39–53. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2022.08.003

Mihaylova, M., Gorin, S., Reber, T. P., & Rothen, N. (2022). A Meta-Analysis on Mobile-Assisted Language Learning Applications: Benefits and Risks. Psychologica Belgica, 62(1, 1), 252–271. https://doi.org/10.5334/pb.1146

Ovalle-Fresa, R., Di Pietro, S. V., Reber, T. P., Balbi, E., & Rothen, N. (2022). Standardized database of 400 complex abstract fractals. Behavior Research Methods, 54(5), 2302–2317. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13428-021-01726-y

Schwab, S., Janiaud, P., Dayan, M., Amrhein, V., Panczak, R., Palagi, P. M., Hemkens, L. G., Ramon, M., Rothen, N., Senn, S., Furrer, E., & Held, L. (2022). Ten simple rules for good research practice. PLOS Computational Biology, 18(6), e1010139. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010139

Belardi, A., Pedrett, S., Rothen, N., & Reber, T. P. (2021). Spacing, Feedback, and Testing Boost Vocabulary Learning in a Web Application. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 5072. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.757262

Jost, N. S., Jossen, S. L., Rothen, N., & Martarelli, C. S. (2021). The advantage of distributed practice in a blended learning setting. Education and Information Technologies. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-020-10424-9

Lungu, L., Rothen, N., & Terhune, D. B. (2021). The time course of synaesthetic colour perception. Cortex, 141, 322–330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.04.018

Ovalle-Fresa, R., Ankner, S., & Rothen, N. (2021). Enhanced perception and memory: Insights from synesthesia and expertise. Cortex, 140, 14–25. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.01.024

Ovalle-Fresa, R., Uslu, A. S., & Rothen, N. (2021). Levels of processing affect perceptual features in visual associative memory. Psychological Science, 32(2), 267–279. https://doi.org/10.1177/0956797620965519

Rothen, N., Burtscher, M., Gobet, F., Mantzouranis, G., Mayor, J., Pirrone, A., Raeder, S., Ramon, M., & Rossier, J. (2021). The Beginning of a New Era. Swiss Psychology Open, 1(1, 1), 1. https://doi.org/10.5334/spo.27

Hartmann, M., Martarelli, C. S., Reber, T. P., & Rothen, N. (2020). Does a smartphone on the desk drain our brain? No evidence of cognitive costs due to smartphone presence in a short-term and prospective memory task. Consciousness and Cognition, 86, 103033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2020.103033

Jewanski, J., Simner, J., Day, S. A., Rothen, N., & Ward, J. (2020a). Recognizing synesthesia on the international stage: The first scientific symposium on synesthesia (at The International Conference of Physiological Psychology, Paris, 1889). Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 0(0), 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1080/0964704X.2020.1747866

Jewanski, J., Simner, J., Day, S. A., Rothen, N., & Ward, J. (2020b). The evolution of the concept of synesthesia in the nineteenth century as revealed through the history of its name. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 29(3), 259–285. https://doi.org/10.1080/0964704X.2019.1675422

Jewanski, J., Simner, J., Day, S. A., Rothen, N., & Ward, J. (2020c). The “golden age” of synesthesia inquiry in the late nineteenth century (1876–1895). Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 29(2), 175–202. https://doi.org/10.1080/0964704X.2019.1636348

Kliegel, M., & Rothen, N. (2020). The End of an Era. Swiss Journal of Psychology, 79(3-4), 87–88. https://doi.org/10.1024/1421-0185/a000244

Rothen, N., Berry, C. J., Seth, A. K., Oligschläger, S., & Ward, J. (2020). A single system account of enhanced recognition memory in synaesthesia. Memory & Cognition, 48(2), 188–199. https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-019-01001-8

Cona, G., & Rothen, N. (2019). Neuropsychological and physiological correlates of prospective memory. In J. Rummel & M. McDaniel (Eds.), Prospective Memory (1st ed., pp. 95–115). Routledge.

Ovalle-Fresa, R., & Rothen, N. (2019a). Development of synaesthetic consistency: Repeated autonomous engagement with graphemes and colours leads to consistent associations. Consciousness and Cognition, 73, 102764. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.concog.2019.102764

Ovalle-Fresa, R., & Rothen, N. (2019b). Training enhances fidelity of color representations in visual long-term memory. Journal of Cognitive Enhancement, 3(3), 315–327. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41465-019-00121-y

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. Science of Learning, 3(1), 22. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-018-0039-4

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, 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, 6(2-3), 42–44. 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, 6(2-3), 48–55. 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. (2013a). Grapheme-color synaesthesia is associated with a distinct cognitive style. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, 632. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00632

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

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. https://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