Studies of people who perceive colours when they see particular letters or digits are providing help with an old problem — that of whether awareness is needed to 'bind' visual features of an object together.
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Robertson, L. Colour my i's blue. Nature 410, 533–534 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35069176
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