Search results

  1. M

    Question About Consciousness

    I could try to dig up a quote from V.S. Ramachadran, a pHD in neuroscience (a bit more qualified to talk about synesthesia than a psychologist :-P ) if you really want... but it'll have to wait 'till I'm on my home computer, navigating things on my dad's Powerbook with the broken up arrow makes...
  2. M

    Question About Consciousness

    Fine, I'll cite the actual article that statement is from :-P : Simner J, Mulvenna C, Sagiv N, et al (2006). "Synaesthesia: the prevalence of atypical cross-modal experiences". Perception 35 (8): 1024–33 I disdain disdain for Wikipedia, when you can find all the citations they use pretty...
  3. M

    Question About Consciousness

    From Wikipedia: It is estimated that synesthesia could possibly be as prevalent as 1 in 23 persons across its range of variants. Like I said, some scientists say everyone has it, to SOME degree. Kind of how everyone has a li'l ADD in 'em. The 1 in 2000 statistic is usually used to describe...
  4. M

    Question About Consciousness

    Actually, synesthesia (the mingling of senses) is pretty common. Almost everyone has it to a degree (there's a terrific lecture on this by V.S. Ramachadran, a neurologist, on TED: Ideas worth spreading but the example he uses to prove it is entirely about audible language-shape associations, and...
  5. M

    Question About Consciousness

    So, I was poking around this forum for a different purpose, but this conversation induced a visceral need to respond, because I love the subject matter... I *think* what the question being asked is how a congenitally (or very early) deaf person interacts with his/her inner monologue. That...
Back
Top