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Genetic roots of synaesthesia unearthed - health - 05 February 2009 - New ScientistThe regions of our DNA that wire some people to "see" sounds have been discovered. So far, only the general regions within chromosomes have been identified, rather than specific genes, but the work could eventually lead to a genetic test to diagnose the condition before it interferes with a ...
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DiscoveryHD - The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic - Elisabeth Sulser - "The Synaesthete"In a world that is becoming increasingly complex and more and more dependent on processing large volumes of information, do synaesthetes have a natural advantage over the rest of us? If scientists determine that there is a specific gene or set of genes for synaesethesia, it may be possible to ...
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Genetic roots of synaesthesia unearthed - health - 05 February 2009 - New ScientistThe regions of our DNA that wire some people to "see" sounds have been discovered. So far, only the general regions within chromosomes have been identified, rather than specific genes, but the work could eventually lead to a genetic test to diagnose the condition before it interferes with a ...
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Synaesthesia — A Window Into Perception, Thought, and LanguageIf expressed very diffusely, there may be extensive cross-wiring between brain regions that represent abstract concepts, which would explain the link between creativity, metaphor and synaesthesia (and the higher incidence of synaesthesia among artists and poets). Also, hyperconnectivity ...
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The color of emotion | Psychology Today BlogsiStock_000007323435Small.jpg"Anyone who has ever felt blue, seen red, blacked out, or turned green knows we're prone to make emotional associations with different shades" wrote Winifred Gallagher. I believe this to be true. The connection between colors and feelings is probably the most simple ...
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Cognitive Daily: Tasting words: A study of one of the rarest forms of synesthesiaA new cognitive psychology article nearly every day
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Standing in Someone Else’s Shoes, Almost for RealNow, neuroscientists have shown that they can make this experience physical, creating a “body swapping” illusion that could have a profound effect on a range of therapeutic techniques. At the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience last month, Swedish researchers presented evidence that ...
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Mind Hacks: How synaesthesia grows in childhood, and dies outSynaesthesia is well studied in adults and is thought to be a result of unusual connections created during brain development, but it has been hardly studied in children - until now.A new study published online in Brain searched for letter-colour synaesthetes in 6-8 year old children and found ...
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Study: People Literally Feel Pain of Others | LiveScienceHyper-empathetic people feel what the see happen to others.
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