Studies References for how color impact memory and help with Dyslexia:
1: Dzulkifli and Muhammad Faiz Mustafar The Influence of Colour on Memory Performance: A Review
- Review of several studies on colors and memory
- Main takeaway for me: Color improves encoded, stored, and retrieval
2: Pinna, Deiana; On the Role of Color in Reading and Comprehension Tasks in Dyslexic Children and Adults
- Study on the effect of chromatic variations on the reading process (both normal and dyslexic readers). monochromatic (the whole text colored with only one color), word (each word colored in a different color), half-word (half word colored with a color different from the one of the second half), syllable (every syllable colored with a different color) and letter (each letter with a different color).
- Main takeaway for me: Color can be a significant tool useful to improve the reading performances of both normal and dyslexic readers. Using chromatic variations resulted in a smaller number of reading errors and a smaller number of incorrect comprehension answers
3: Pinna B., Deiana: New conditions on the role of color in perceptual organization and an extension to how color influences reading.
- Studied how color affects reading time, reading easiness, and reading comprehension when chromatic similarity is pitted in favor or against other principles of Proximity, Similarity, Continuity, Closure, and Connectedness (Gestalt grouping).
- Main takeaway for me: Results show color influences reading time, reading easiness, and reading comprehension. It also provides evidence that color-coding works better than other typesetting (underlining, bolding, italics, etc).
4: Cramer, Antle, Fan; - The Code of Many Colours: Evaluating a Dynamic Colour-Coding Scheme in a Tangible Spelling System for Children with Dyslexia
- Study on using dynamic color (phonoblocks) to help Dyslexic children to learn contextual spelling rules.
- Main takeaway for me: Concludes color codes should be tailored to specific reading or spelling rules, should only differentiate information that is relevant to that rule, and color should be dynamic according to context