[bksvol-discuss] Re: richard Cytowic
- From: "Sheri Wells-Jensen" <swellsj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 12:48:03 -0400
Hi, All,
I'll get that one! I can even call it work related!
Sheri W-J
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From: "Carrie Karnos" <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 11:29 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: Fwd: Fw: Blind sight
Hi Kasondra,
It sounds like you have the most common form of synesthesia, a blending
of 2 disparate senses, where letters and digits have colors. My daughter
has it too, and she KNOWS that a's are red, b's are orange, c's are
yellow, etc. There's a book (actually 2 editions) called Synesthesia
written by Richard Cytowic.
Someone was going to submit it, but I don't think it ever was. But I
believe there are websites where you can learn more about it. There's a
group in London studying it too. I remember my daughter filled out a form
for them, to be used in their research. There's also a theory that everyone
is born with synesthesia but as we mature, the sensations are usually
separated. Hard to prove that one way or the other.
HTH, Carrie
Kasondra Payne <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Guys,
There was something in the original post about blind people visualizing
Braille characters with colors. I have always done that. The letter u is
blue, and l is a shade of orange, and a is white. I see colors, so this is
not a stretch. I see print letters in very much the same way. I also
visualize numbers, days of the week, months, and other concepts. I don't
think I have ever tried to explain this to anyone before, but I have done
it
since I was very young. By the way, I use the same visualizations whether
I
am working in Spanish or English. Well, here are my weird thoughts.
Kasondra Payne
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