http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHnnGHgeyC0 SYNESTHESIA syn·es·the·sia (sĭn'ĭs-thē'zhə)…… on DailyBooth

Joseph_Leonardson

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March 9th, 2010

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHnnGHgeyC0

SYNESTHESIA syn·es·the·sia (sĭn'ĭs-thē'zhə) n. (British sp. - synaesthesia)

a condition in which one type of sensory stimulation creates perception in another sense. The most common form of synesthesia is called "coloured hearing," where a person experiences a visual sensation when receiving an auditory signal (for example, hearing the musical tone C and seeing the colour red). Although tone-colour relationships are not identical for all people, there are general uniformities: the deeper a musical note, the darker the colour. Similar colour perceptions, called photisms, may accompany sensations of taste, touch, pain, smell, or temperature. Synesthesia has been used as a literary device by poets as diverse as Edgar Allan Poe, Arthur Rimbaud, Hart Crane, and Dame Edith Sitwell.

Another cool one from the Futureshorts channel. If you're a synesthete, you may recognize some of the imagery. If not, you may still find this interesting. Or unfathomable. Either way :)

nightiscoming
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I have been introduced to a few new things tonight!! YAY!!

March 9th, 2010
batman
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i dunno but i reckon that would be pretty cool but would u only see the colours or could u see normally as well?

March 10th, 2010
Joseph_Leonardson
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@nightiscoming - Glad this could be one of them :)

@batman - not sure what you're asking, Josh, but yeah, synesthetes see "normally," too. Some see specific colors associated with numbers or letters, and some actually hear certain tones that are associated with things, but a lot of the imagery in the vid is just a visual representation of what synesthetes "feel." That made a lot of psychologists skeptical early on about the validity of synesthesia (that people were talking about an internal experience, which seemed "imaginary" to people who don't experience it), but the evidence is mounting that the brains of synesthetes are just wired differently. And there are different types. Mine is predominantly spacial and kinetic. Colors and sounds (and to a lesser degree people's personalities and some words) have shapes and movement I associate with them. Don't ask me why. Dunno :)

March 10th, 2010
SofiaLaRee
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@Joseph_Leonardson
:O Awesome picture and I'd heard about synesthesia before I think its crazy!!! In an awesome way, one of those things that just makes you want to read up on you more:)

March 10th, 2010
Joseph_Leonardson
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@SofiaLaRee - it really is pretty fascinating, and by studying it science is finding out all sorts of cool things about how humans process sensory input. Thanks for commenting!

March 11th, 2010
JustAsoul
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Very neat~

March 21st, 2010