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View these videos and visit these web
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Synesthesia |
University of Colorado at
Boulder
A film by Mike Crawford about his synesthetic friend and
photographer Patrick Lewis, 2006 |
nine + purple = cheese [Part One]
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University of Auckland, New Zealand,
Department of Film, Television & Media Studies
Part 1 of short documentary produced by Laura Thompson,
including interviews with synaesthetic sisters, Laura
and Sarah Thompson, synaesthete James Wannerton, author
and journalist Andrew Clifford, and Lindsay Hearne,
2006 |
nine + purple = cheese [Part Two]
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University of Auckland, New Zealand,
Department of Film, Television & Media Studies
Part 2 of short documentary produced by Laura Thompson,
including interviews with synaesthetic sisters, Laura
and Sarah Thompson, synaesthete James Wannerton, author
and journalist Andrew Clifford, and Lindsay Hearne,
2006 |
Seeing Life in Colors: Crosswired Senses |
ABC Primetime,
Aug. 15, 2006
News
segment on Laura Rosser, 24, and others who
have synesthesia, including interview with the
neurologist Dr. Richard Cytowic
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2nd International Conference on Synaesthesia |
Hanover Medical University,
December 1st-3rd, 2006
A video of statements collected during the conference,
including Patricia Lynne Duffy and Marcia R. Smilak
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 Synesthesia
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One Step Beyond, Australian TV
segment on synesthesia and the
research being done on it in researcher Dr. Eagleman's lab,
including interview with Sean Day |
Why Can Some of Us See Sounds? |
Second (continuation) Australian TV segment on synesthesia and the
research being done on it in researcher Dr. Eagleman's lab,
including interview with Sean Day |
James
May & Synaesthesia
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BBC, Top Gear
announcer James May discussing the effects of word-taste synaesthesia
with James, a synaesthete |
 Synaesthesia
at the University of Waterloo, Canada |
Global News
Toronto, July 29, 2005
News segment focusing on synaesthesia
research at the university |
Informative Speech #3
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Belmont University,
Belmont Speech Lab, Nashville TN
Informative speech on
synesthesia |
Universe of synaesthesia
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Dragon, UK, 2006 |
Synaesthesia: Which color is A? Part I
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Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology, Zurich
Three part video by synaesthete Marc Jacques Mächler
Part I is about the
the synaesthetic perception
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 Synaesthesia:
Which color is A? Part II |
Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology, Zurich
Three part
video by synaesthete Marc Jacques Mächler
Part II is about the
neurological and scientific aspects |
Synaesthesia: Which color is A? Part III
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Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology, Zurich
Three part video by synaesthete Marc Jacques Mächler
Part III is about the
prevalence and social aspects |
Some selected articles on synesthesia
'George Bush is like crusty potato'
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BBC News, March 29, 2008, by
James Wannerton, president of the UK Synaesthesia
Association. He explains how the condition which
"mixes the senses" affects his life. |
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The Hidden Sense:
Synesthesia in Art and Science
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The MIT
Press, October, 2007 |
Personal Coding: the Varieties of Linguistic Experience
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Neuron, vol. 45, March 2005,
by Edward M. Hubbard, A. Cyrus Arman,
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
and Geoffrey M. Boynton |
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The Fourth Annual National Conference of the American
Synesthesia Association, Inc.
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Leonardo, Decemeber
1, 2004, review of the conference, November 5-7, 2004 at
the University of California, Berkeley, hosted by the
Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, reviewed by
Amy Ione, the Diatrope Institute |
Feeling
blue?: The
colorful world of synesthesia
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A&S Online,
University of Virginia, College and Graduate School of
Arts & Sciences, March 2004, by
Jeanne Nicholson Siler
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Real Rhapsody in Blue: A quirky phenomenon that scientists once dismissed could help explain the creativity of the human brain |
Newsweek, November
25, 2003, by Anne Underwood
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Hearing
Colors, Tasting Shapes: People with synesthesia--whose
senses blend together--are providing valuable clues to
understanding the organization and functions of the
human brain
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Scientific
American, May 2003, by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and
Edward M. Hubbard
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Touching
Tastes, Seeing Smells—And Shaking Up Brain Science
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Cerebrum,
Summer 2002, by Richard E. Cytowic
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For Some, Pain Is Orange |
Smithsonian Magazine, February, 2001, by
Susan Hornik |
Five Plus Two Equals Yellow
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Nature, July 27, 2000, by Mike J. Dixon,
Daniel Smilek, Cera Cudahy, Philip M. Merikle
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Do You See What They See? |
Discover Magazine, December 1999,
by Brad Lemley
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When People See a Sound and Hear a Color?
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The
New York Times, February 23, 1999,
by Erica Goode
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Other published articles on synesthesia
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'George Bush is like crusty potato'
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BBC News, March 29, 2008, by
James Wannerton, president of the UK Synaesthesia
Association. He explains how the condition which
"mixes the senses" affects his life. |
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Conference on 'mixing' of senses
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BBC News, March 29, 2008 |
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Debate to find out why Karen tastes of blackcurrant
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The Herald, March 29, 2008, by
James Morgan |
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Helen's
colourful language
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News & Star, March 25, 2008 |
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Helping make sense of a rare condition
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Edinburgh Evening News, March
19, 2008 |
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Synaesthesia could affect half a million children
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Telegraph, March 18, 2008,
by Roger Highfield, Science Editor
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Daily Mail, March 18, 2008 |
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Smell sounds, see smells
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the ticker, Baruch College,
The City University of New York, March 10, 2008, by
Franklin Cho |
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Synesthesia: When senses overlap
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Wisconsin State Journal, March
8, 2008, by Sharyn Alden |
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Colourful music
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The Brantford Expositor, March
1, 2008, by Murray Charters |
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'For me, lyrics have colours'
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The Guardian, November 2,
2007, by Laura Barton |
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Colors are music to her ears
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The Boston Globe, November 1,
2007, by Denise Taylor |
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Finding the Connection: People who experience sensory
cross talk shed light on brain wiring
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Scientific American, October,
2007, by Melissa Mahony |
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Max's Chips and Dips: Seeing Black-and-White Schematics
in Color
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Chip Design Magazine,
August/September 2007, by Clive (Max) Maxfield |
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Perceptions of color
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Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 25, 2007, by
Massie Santos Ballon |
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I feel for you
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Institute for Ethics and Emerging
Technologies, June 23, 2007, by Moheb Costandi |
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What I See, I Feel: Mirror-Touch Synesthesia and Empathy
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Wired Science, June 20, 2007,
by Brandon Keim |
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My CDs are color-coded, and 'White Album' is first
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The Huntsville Times, June
18, 2007 |
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Study: People Literally Feel Pain of Others
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Live Science, June 17, 2007,
by Charles Q. Choi |
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Study may explain roots of empathy
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Independent Online, June 17,
2007, by Julie
Steenhuysen |
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Synthetic Space: Binding Errors In Synesthesia
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Developing Intelligence, June
6, 2007, by Chris Chatham |
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Synaesthesia - Too well connected: Why certain people
see words in colour
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The Economist, May 24, 2007 |
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Grapheme-color synesthesia insights gained
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United Press International,
May 23, 2007 |
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Coloured concepts help read the mind
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New Scientist, May 17, 2007, by
Jonah Lehrer |
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See, hear: When senses combine: People who experience
unusual sensory combinations might provide new insights
into how our minds work |
ANU Marketing & Communications,
January 15, 2007, by Dr. Kristen Pammer, The Australian
National University |
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Artist shares unique perception in photographs |
Boston Herald, January 13,
2007, by Brandie M. Jefferson, Associated Press Writer |
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I'm Off Color: Jo's Rainbow Vision |
Glasgow Daily Record, January
9, 2007, by Jenny Morrison |
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A taste of music |
Jamaica Gleaner, December 31,
2006, by Dr. Marilyn
Anderson |
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The most beautiful painting you've ever heard:
Synesthesia makes sense of art and art from sense |
Seed Magazine, December 13,
2006, by Virginia Hughes |
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People with a taste for words are studied |
United Press International (UPI),
November 27, 2006 |
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Eat your words, literally:
British scientists
study 10 people with a rare neurological anomaly that
causes them to 'taste' words |
Newsday, November 27, 2006, by
Jamie Talan, Newsday Staff Writer |
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Condition causes some to 'taste' words |
DiscoveryChannel.ca, November
24,2006, by Dragana Kovacevic |
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Words
on the tips of their tongues |
Cosmos, November 23, 2006, by
Hamish Clarke |
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For a rare few, taste in ear of beholder |
The Times of India, November
23, 2006 |
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For Some, the Words Just Roll Off the Tongue |
The New York Times, November
22, 2006, by Donald G. McNeil, Jr. |
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Even
unspoken words can have a ‘taste’: Synesthesia study
sheds light on the inner workings of perception |
MSNBC, November 22, 2006, by
Ker Than |
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Think of a concept, taste it on your tongue |
NewScientist.com, November 22,
2006, by Alison Motluk |
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Richard Feynman Perceived Letters in Color--Who Knew? |
Scientific American, November
22, 2006, by JR Minkel |
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A Special Few Can "Taste" a Word Before They Can Say It |
Scientific American, November
22, 2006, by JR Minkel |
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Eat Your Words? Some Can Taste Them |
WebMD
Medical News, November 22, 2006, by Miranda Hitti |
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Paintings really can be heard, scientist says |
World Science and
University of London, September 7, 2006 |
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Metro Woman's Medical Mystery A Mixed Plate Of Tasty
Surprises |
KOCO Channel 5 Oklahoma City,
August 17, 2006 |
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Seeing Life in Colors: Crosswired
Senses: Food, Music and Numbers Take Shape and Color |
ABC News Primetime, August 15,
2006 |
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Local Woman Sharing Musical 'Vision' |
CBS Channel 3 Philadelphia,
July 26, 2006, by Alycia Lane |
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Kaleidescope Eyes: Blended Senses Colorful But Not Rare,
Experts Say |
New York Daily News, June 25,
2006, by Rich Schapiro |
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What Makes Kandinsky's Colorful Paintings Sound Quite So
Good? |
Bloomberg.com, June 22, 2006,
by Martin Gayford |
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The man who heard his paintbox hiss |
Telegraph, June 10, 2006, by
Ossian Ward |
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Seeing Music |
FirstScience.com, Editor's
Weekly Ramblings 141, June 1, 2006,
by Sandrine Ceurstemont |
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Tuned and Pruned: Synaesthesia |
Developing Intelligence,
December 22, 2005, by Chris Chatham |
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Life in Technicolor: Synesthesia paints a vibrant world |
Silver Chips Online, November
10, 2005, by Katy Lafen, Managing Features Editor |
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This chicken tastes like triangles: A look at
synesthesia and its psychedelic effects
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The Manitoban Online, October
26, 2005, by Melissa Hiebert, Staff |
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Tasting Sound |
The Times of India, October
23, 2005, by Mukul Sharma |
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When senses collide... |
The Hindu Business Line,
October 14, 2005, Anuttama Sheela Mohan |
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Why some see auras |
Health24, September 28, 2005 |
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Search for true colours:
For some, words are
cloaked in startling hues |
The Age, August 29, 2005, by
Margot Date |
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As seen on TV: When a Volkswagen tastes of marmalade |
Telegraph Motoring, August 20,
2005, by James May |
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Red music and chocolate-flavoured textures |
Health24, August 10, 2005, by
Ilse Pauw |
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New Insight Into People Who 'See' Colors In Letters And
Numbers |
ScienceDaily, May 30, 2005,
news release from Cell Press |
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Getting in touch with our confused
feelings |
The
Christian Science Monitor, April 1, 2005, by Ruth
Walker |
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Why some see colours in numbers: US
scientists say they can explain why some people 'see'
colours when they look at numbers and letters |
BBC News, UK Edition, March
24, 2005 |
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Neuroscientists locate 'imaginary' colors: UCSD/Salk
team gains insight into neural basis of perception,
finds evidence of cross-activation in brain regions of
people who see letters and numbers in colors |
University of California, San Diego Press
Release, March 23, 2005,
by
Inga Kiderra |
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Sweet and Sour Tones for the Record Books |
The New York Times, March 8, 2005,
by Nicholas Bakalar |
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Rainbow Coalition of the Brain |
Wired News, March 4, 2005 |
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Mmm. This music tastes creamy |
Agence France-Presse, March 3,
2005 |
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Musical Taste: Life is a bittersweet symphony for the
only person ever known to 'taste' music thanks to a
faculty called synesthesia |
National Post, March 3, 2005,
by Joseph Brean |
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Music has a flavour to woman who "tastes" sounds |
Reuters, March 2, 2005 |
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Rare but Real: People Who Feel, Taste and Hear Color |
LiveScience, February 22,
2005, by Ker Than |
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What Color Is That Sound? |
ScienceDaily,
November 24, 2004, news release from McMaster University |
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Why Miles Davis
saw the blues: Auras exist,
but inside our brains because of a mix-up between the
different senses |
Telegraph,
October 27, 2004, by Roger Highfield |
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Body&Soul: Pigment of your mind |
Times
Online, Health news, October 23, 2004, by
John
Naish |
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Colourful spin-offs of cross-wiring |
The
Guardian, October 21, 2004 |
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My favourite aunt is purple: Why some people see 'auras'
around their loved ones |
Eurekalert,
October 18, 2004, news release from
University College London,
by Jenny Gimpel |
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Synesthesia: Seeing music, tasting in color |
The State, September
26, 2004, by Bruce Smith |
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Weird links with words and colours in the mind |
NewScientist.com,
August 23, 2004, by Alison Motluk |
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Synesthesia: Making sense of shared senses |
Interesting Thing of the
Day, July 8, 2004, by Joe Kissell |
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Blunt Movie Review: Chroma |
Blunt Review, 2004,
Emily Blunt's review of the movie Chroma, directed and
written by Carrie Schultz, featuring synesthetes
Patricia Lynne Duffy, Marcia R. Smilak and Carol J.
Steen |
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Once Thought To Be Separate
And Distinct, Scientists Now Find That Reports Of Human
Senses Actually Interacting And Mixing In A Genuine
Phenomenon |
Aetna InteliHealth,
November 12, 2003 |
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Synesthesia – A Symphony of Colors |
WOAI.com, October 13,
2003 |
| I
can hear a rainbow: Laura Barton explains what it's
like to suffer from synaesthesia
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The
Guardian, September 23, 2003
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Brain miswiring: synaesthetes often
‘taste’ what they hear
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Times
Online, Health features, September 17, 2003, by
Martyn Halle |
| Seeing
colours in numbers
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The
Hindu, September 18, 2003, by R. Prasad
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BBC
News, UK Edition, May 24, 2003, by Jane Elliott,
BBC News Online health staff
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Hearing Colors, Tasting Shapes: The Puzzle of Language -
Synesthesia may provide some insights about the
evolution of thought and language |
Scientific
American, April14, 2003, by Vilayanur S. Ramachandran and
Edward M. Hubbard |
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Synesthesia - It's a Colourful World! |
FirstScience.com,
April 11, 2003, by Stuart Brown |
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Synaesthesia - union of the senses |
Kuro5hin, February
23, 2003, by Adrian Hon |
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Neurological phenomenon blends senses |
Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review, February 10, 2003,
by Kecia Bal |
| Colours
by Numbers |
The
Scotsman, February 1, 2003, by Zoe Strachan
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| Extra-sense
perception |
The
Dallas Morning News, January 6, 2003, by Susan
Gaidos
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| Some
sound red while others just taste green |
Canberra
Times, November 14, 2002, by Sarah Hatch
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| 'Motorbikes
taste of wine gums': For synaesthetes, language evokes
smells and colours, as well as meaning |
Telegraph,
November 11, 2002, by Bryony Gordon
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| Truly
Feeling Blue |
The
Scotsman, October 29, 2002, by Tracey Lawson
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| When
Sound Is Red: Making Sense of Mixed Sensations |
Washington
Post, October 14, 2002, by Shankar Vedantam
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| Seeing
is believing |
The
Observer, August 11, 2002, by Michael Clerizo
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| The
Mind's Eye - Neuroscience, Synesthesia and Art |
Neurology
Reviews, July 2002, by C. Justin Romano
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New
Tests Reveal Deeper Truths About Synesthesia |
AScribe
Newswire via M2 Communications, September 2, 2002,
news release from Goucher College
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Why
George Gershwin May Have Called It `Rhapsody in Blue' |
Wall
Street Journal, Science Journal, June 28, 2002, by
Sharon Begley
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| Can
you hear a color?: BU researchers explore the strange
world of synesthesia |
B.U.
Bridge
(Boston University), April 19, 2002, by
Brian Fitzgerald
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| Kaleidescope
eyes: making sense of a novel gift |
Eurekalert,
April 15, 2002, news release from University Of Melbourne
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Sensory perception: Can you see what I'm
saying? Synaesthetes really can, claims Roger
Highfield |
Telegraph, March 31,
2002
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Why Some People See Numbers, Letters in Color:
Scientists Examine How a Disorder Makes Some See a
Color-Coded World |
ABCNEWS.com,
March 28,2002, by Lee Dye
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| When
2 is orange and two is blue |
UPI
Science News, March 18, 2002, by Michael Smith
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2
is orange but 'two' is blue |
Exploration (the
online research journal of Vanderbuilt University),
March 19, 2002, by David S. Salisbury
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| Man
Sees, Hears Words in Color |
Associated
Press, March 18, 2002, by Paul Recer
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An Ear For Color: Exploring the Curious World of Synesthesia, Where Senses Merge in Mysterious Ways
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The Washington Post, January 22, 2002, by Allison Hoover Bartlett
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'Synesthesia'
has a purpose in life after all
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Santa
Cruz Sentinel, January 20, 2002, by Dan Harper
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| One’s
Own Brain as Trickster – Part II: It’s For Your
Own Good |
Trickster's
Way, January 15, 2002, by Sean A. Day
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A Sixth Sense
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60 Minutes II, January 9, 2002
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| 'I
can see sounds' |
BBC
News, January 3, 2002
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| Synesthetes
Show Their Colors |
The
Chronicle of Higher Education, December 14, 2001,
by Lila Guterman
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When senses collide, words get colorful
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Detroit Free Press, November 11, 2001, by Marta Salij
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Rare
condition makes man taste words |
Ananova,
September 6, 2001 (originally
appeared in The Mirror)
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| Good Vibrations: The Science of Sensory Confusion |
Lingua Franca,
September, 2001, by Jim Holt
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Synesthesia
-- blessing or curse?
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The
Oak Ridger, July 26, 2001, by Joanne Gailar
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If these letters are in colour...
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The Toronto Star, July 1, 2001, by Jay Ingram
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Ah, the Blue Smell of It!
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Time Magazine, May 21, 2001, by Unmeesh
Kher |
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What colour is five?
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CNEWS
Science, May 15, 2001, by Michael Smith |
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A Reason We Call Our 'Cheddar' Sharp
and Our Shirts 'Loud'
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New York Times, April 10, 2001,
by Sandra Blakeslee |
They See Where Others Hear
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San Francisco Chronicle, March 29,
2001, Keay Davidson |
| Coloured
language: Some people perceive colours when they see
letters or numbers. A study sheds light on this
unusual phenomenon |
The
Scientist,
March 29, 2001, by
Kenneth Lee
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Everyday Fantasia: The World of Synesthesia
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Monitor on Psychology, March 2001, by Siri
Carpenter
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A
Brief History of Synaesthesia and Music
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Thereminvox,
February 21, 2001, by Sean A. Day |
Can you feel the guitar sound on your ankles?
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Financial Times, January 6-7, 2001 by Jerome
Burne |
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Seeing
sounds, hearing tastes - Synesthesia in brain and mind
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Science
& Consciousness Review,
2001, by
Thomas
Zoëga Ramsøy
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Painting by numbers
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