B Meier
Biographic Data
| ID | 25650 |
|---|---|
| NAME | B Meier |
| GIVEN NAMES | B |
| FAMILY NAME | Meier |
| SIGNATURE | MEIER B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3303-6854 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Absolute pitch and sound-color synesthesia provide for unique learning opportunities
The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of absolute pitch (AP) on statistical learning and on cross-modal associative learning. Previous studies have demonstrated that compared to non-musicians, musicians have an advantage in statistical learning and that musical expertise leads to a reorganization in the network supporting statistical learning. As the brains of AP possessors show stronger connectivity in this network, we hypothesize…
Interruption, recall and resumption
The memory advantage of unfinished tasks ( Zeigarnik effect) is widely known; less well known is the related tendency to resume unfinished tasks ( Ovsiankina effect). The memory advantage of unfinished tasks, however, has proven particularly difficult to replicate. Here, we present a meta-analysis of the Zeigarnik and Ovsiankina effects. We computed several associated measures, which were weighted across studies to compute single synthesized valu…
Overshooting cognitive control adjustments in older age
Although humans gain considerable knowledge from young to older adulthood, aging is also associated with cognitive deficits. This study investigated age-related changes in dynamic cognitive control adjustments after cognitive conflicts and errors. Specifically, we compared younger and older adults' time courses of two established phenomena - post-conflict slowing and post-error slowing. Both age groups completed modified versions of three widely …
Hypnagogic states are quite common
The hypnagogic state refers to the transitional phase between wakefulness and sleep during which vivid experiences occur. In this questionnaire study, we assessed the self-reported prevalence of hypnagogic states considering the frequency of experiences in different modalities. We also assessed the emotional quality and the vividness of the experiences. Moreover, we compared hypnagogic states to other phenomena, such as dreams, sleep paralysis, i…
Response-category conflict improves target memory in a flanker paradigm
Previous studies have shown that cognitive control demands and long-term memory interact in several ways. For example, trial-unique Stroop entities which consist of two perceptually distinct stimulus dimensions can enhance subsequent memory. In the present study, we investigated whether this effect generalises to a flanker paradigm. In the study phase, 60 participants had to classify target pictures which were flanked by pictures that were either…
Synesthetes are More Involved in Art — Evidence From the Artistic Creativity Domains Compendium ( ACDC )
Creativity is a multidimensional, multistage, and time‐dependent process, which can be expressed in various artistic domains and sub‐domains (e.g., visual arts, literature, music, and performing arts). The present study investigated the involvement of synesthetes in art, and whether the type of synesthesia determines the preferred artistic domain. We tested 709 participants with either grapheme‐color, sound‐color, or sequence‐space synesthesia (m…
Ethnoveterinary knowledge of farmers in bilingual regions of Switzerland – is there potential to extend veterinary options to reduce antimicrobial use
Ethnoveterinary contemporary knowledge of farmers in pre-alpine and alpine regions of the Swiss cantons of Bern and Lucerne compared to ancient and recent literature – Is there a tradition
Creativity and involvement in art in different types of synaesthesia
The aim of the present study was to test the relationship between different types of synaesthesia and their involvement in art, creative, and visual abilities. We tested 20 grapheme‐colour, 18 sound‐colour, 19 grapheme‐colour‐and‐sound‐colour, 20 sequence‐space synaesthetes, and the same number of controls matched by age, gender, and education. We assessed the number of artistic professions, involvement in art, and the performance in psychometric…
Swiss ethnoveterinary knowledge on medicinal plants - a within-country comparison of Italian speaking regions with north-western German speaking regions
BACKGROUND: Ethnoveterinary knowledge in Europe may play an important role as a basis for sustainable treatment options for livestock. Aims of our study were (a) to compare the ethnoveterinary practices of two culturally and sociodemographically different regions of Switzerland, (b) to compare results with earlier ethnoveterinary studies conducted in Switzerland and in adjacent Italian regions and, (c) to evaluate possible reasons for regional di…
Time of day affects implicit memory for unattended stimuli
Ethnoveterinary herbal remedies used by farmers in four north-eastern Swiss cantons (St. Gallen, Thurgau, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden)
BACKGROUND: Very few ethnoveterinary surveys have been conducted in central Europe. However, traditional knowledge on the use of medicinal plants might be an option for future concepts in treatment of livestock diseases. Therefore the aim of this study was to document and analyse the traditional knowledge and use of homemade herbal remedies for livestock by farmers in four Swiss cantons. METHODS: Research was conducted in 2012. Fifty farmers on 3…
Coloured Letters and Numbers (CLaN)
Synaesthesia is a heterogeneous phenomenon, even when considering one particular sub-type. The purpose of this study was to design a reliable and valid questionnaire for grapheme-colour synaesthesia that captures this heterogeneity. By the means of a large sample of 628 synaesthetes and a factor analysis, we created the Coloured Letters and Numbers (CLaN) questionnaire with 16 items loading on 4 different factors (i.e., localisation, automaticity…
Psychophysiological evidence for the genuineness of swimming-style colour synaesthesia
Beyond monitoring
The concurrent validity of the N -back task as a working memory measure
The N-back task is used extensively in literature as a working memory (WM) paradigm and it is increasingly used as a measure of individual differences. However, not much is known about the psychometric properties of this task and the current study aims to shed more light on this issue. We first review the current literature on the psychometric properties of the N-back task. With three experiments using task variants with different stimuli and loa…
Competition between automatic and controlled processes
Swiss ethnoveterinary knowledge on medicinal plants - a within-country comparison of Italian speaking regions with north-western German speaking regions
BACKGROUND: Ethnoveterinary knowledge in Europe may play an important role as a basis for sustainable treatment options for livestock. Aims of our study were (a) to compare the ethnoveterinary practices of two culturally and sociodemographically different regions of Switzerland, (b) to compare results with earlier ethnoveterinary studies conducted in Switzerland and in adjacent Italian regions and, (c) to evaluate possible reasons for regional di…
Ethnoveterinary herbal remedies used by farmers in four north-eastern Swiss cantons (St. Gallen, Thurgau, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden)
BACKGROUND: Very few ethnoveterinary surveys have been conducted in central Europe. However, traditional knowledge on the use of medicinal plants might be an option for future concepts in treatment of livestock diseases. Therefore the aim of this study was to document and analyse the traditional knowledge and use of homemade herbal remedies for livestock by farmers in four Swiss cantons. METHODS: Research was conducted in 2012. Fifty farmers on 3…
Competition between automatic and controlled processes
The concurrent validity of the N -back task as a working memory measure
The N-back task is used extensively in literature as a working memory (WM) paradigm and it is increasingly used as a measure of individual differences. However, not much is known about the psychometric properties of this task and the current study aims to shed more light on this issue. We first review the current literature on the psychometric properties of the N-back task. With three experiments using task variants with different stimuli and loa…
Beyond monitoring
Coloured Letters and Numbers (CLaN)
Synaesthesia is a heterogeneous phenomenon, even when considering one particular sub-type. The purpose of this study was to design a reliable and valid questionnaire for grapheme-colour synaesthesia that captures this heterogeneity. By the means of a large sample of 628 synaesthetes and a factor analysis, we created the Coloured Letters and Numbers (CLaN) questionnaire with 16 items loading on 4 different factors (i.e., localisation, automaticity…
Psychophysiological evidence for the genuineness of swimming-style colour synaesthesia
Ethnoveterinary herbal remedies used by farmers in four north-eastern Swiss cantons (St. Gallen, Thurgau, Appenzell Innerrhoden and Appenzell Ausserrhoden)
BACKGROUND: Very few ethnoveterinary surveys have been conducted in central Europe. However, traditional knowledge on the use of medicinal plants might be an option for future concepts in treatment of livestock diseases. Therefore the aim of this study was to document and analyse the traditional knowledge and use of homemade herbal remedies for livestock by farmers in four Swiss cantons. METHODS: Research was conducted in 2012. Fifty farmers on 3…
Time of day affects implicit memory for unattended stimuli
Swiss ethnoveterinary knowledge on medicinal plants - a within-country comparison of Italian speaking regions with north-western German speaking regions
BACKGROUND: Ethnoveterinary knowledge in Europe may play an important role as a basis for sustainable treatment options for livestock. Aims of our study were (a) to compare the ethnoveterinary practices of two culturally and sociodemographically different regions of Switzerland, (b) to compare results with earlier ethnoveterinary studies conducted in Switzerland and in adjacent Italian regions and, (c) to evaluate possible reasons for regional di…
Ethnoveterinary contemporary knowledge of farmers in pre-alpine and alpine regions of the Swiss cantons of Bern and Lucerne compared to ancient and recent literature – Is there a tradition
Creativity and involvement in art in different types of synaesthesia
The aim of the present study was to test the relationship between different types of synaesthesia and their involvement in art, creative, and visual abilities. We tested 20 grapheme‐colour, 18 sound‐colour, 19 grapheme‐colour‐and‐sound‐colour, 20 sequence‐space synaesthetes, and the same number of controls matched by age, gender, and education. We assessed the number of artistic professions, involvement in art, and the performance in psychometric…
Ethnoveterinary knowledge of farmers in bilingual regions of Switzerland – is there potential to extend veterinary options to reduce antimicrobial use
Response-category conflict improves target memory in a flanker paradigm
Previous studies have shown that cognitive control demands and long-term memory interact in several ways. For example, trial-unique Stroop entities which consist of two perceptually distinct stimulus dimensions can enhance subsequent memory. In the present study, we investigated whether this effect generalises to a flanker paradigm. In the study phase, 60 participants had to classify target pictures which were flanked by pictures that were either…
Synesthetes are More Involved in Art — Evidence From the Artistic Creativity Domains Compendium ( ACDC )
Creativity is a multidimensional, multistage, and time‐dependent process, which can be expressed in various artistic domains and sub‐domains (e.g., visual arts, literature, music, and performing arts). The present study investigated the involvement of synesthetes in art, and whether the type of synesthesia determines the preferred artistic domain. We tested 709 participants with either grapheme‐color, sound‐color, or sequence‐space synesthesia (m…
Overshooting cognitive control adjustments in older age
Although humans gain considerable knowledge from young to older adulthood, aging is also associated with cognitive deficits. This study investigated age-related changes in dynamic cognitive control adjustments after cognitive conflicts and errors. Specifically, we compared younger and older adults' time courses of two established phenomena - post-conflict slowing and post-error slowing. Both age groups completed modified versions of three widely …
Hypnagogic states are quite common
The hypnagogic state refers to the transitional phase between wakefulness and sleep during which vivid experiences occur. In this questionnaire study, we assessed the self-reported prevalence of hypnagogic states considering the frequency of experiences in different modalities. We also assessed the emotional quality and the vividness of the experiences. Moreover, we compared hypnagogic states to other phenomena, such as dreams, sleep paralysis, i…
Interruption, recall and resumption
The memory advantage of unfinished tasks ( Zeigarnik effect) is widely known; less well known is the related tendency to resume unfinished tasks ( Ovsiankina effect). The memory advantage of unfinished tasks, however, has proven particularly difficult to replicate. Here, we present a meta-analysis of the Zeigarnik and Ovsiankina effects. We computed several associated measures, which were weighted across studies to compute single synthesized valu…
Absolute pitch and sound-color synesthesia provide for unique learning opportunities
The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of absolute pitch (AP) on statistical learning and on cross-modal associative learning. Previous studies have demonstrated that compared to non-musicians, musicians have an advantage in statistical learning and that musical expertise leads to a reorganization in the network supporting statistical learning. As the brains of AP possessors show stronger connectivity in this network, we hypothesize…
Psychology (11 works) · Cognitive psychology (10 works) · Neuroscience (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Cognition (6 works) · Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies (6 works) · Multisensory perception and integration (5 works) · Perception (5 works) · Geography (4 works) · Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies (4 works)