Comments on: Martian Colors

By: Stacy

Stacy — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:11:38 +0000

“…. so that if you don’t recognize the grapheme, you don’t recognize the color, and since the processing of the grapheme comes pretty late in visual processing, if you recognize the grapheme, you don’t need to recognize the color to perform the visual search task. This is, I believe, the conclusion of the Equist et al. paper that someone referred to earlier (the one with 14 synesthetes). Ironically, if Ramachandran were paying attention to the data from “color-blind” synesthetes, he’d have realized this too, because it implies that the color-grapheme connections occur way too late to benefit visual search.”

Chris, have you had a look into modified stroop tests that reveal that a synestheste can read a grapheme faster if it is presented in a congruent colour as compared to a noncongruent colour?

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 17:41:47 +0000

Hey synesthetes! I just found great online synesthesia survey – you can vote what color is letter ‘A’ and each letter or number in your mind and see what color many other people voted for! Really interesting: http://www.tukan.extra.hu

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By: Michi’s blog » Blog Archive » Synaesthesia and cognition

Michi’s blog » Blog Archive » Synaesthesia and cognition — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:52:33 +0000

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By: links for 2007-11-14 « Amy G. Dala

links for 2007-11-14 « Amy G. Dala — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:17:17 +0000

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By: liana

liana — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:13:26 +0000

If you think you might be a synesthete, you can check the possibility by doing a computerized battery of tests at this website:

http://synesthete.org/

Personally, I would recommend synesthetes to contact synesthesia research centers at near universities. There are many forms of synesthesia out there (combinations of color, emotions, sequences, spatial locations, graphemes, sensations, sounds, etc.), and usually the researchers need new participants for their experiments. It can be an interesting experience and you’ll be contributing to science.

By: My Experience With Synesthesia « Michael Graham Richard

My Experience With Synesthesia « Michael Graham Richard — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:36:43 +0000

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By: Michael G.R.

Michael G.R. — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:33:26 +0000

Interesting! Last september I wrote about my experience with synesthesia:

http://michaelgr.com/2007/09/14/my-experience-with-synesthesia/

I even used pictures of the Rama test.

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Farver fra Mars « Lusepuster — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 21:42:35 +0000

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By: rishel.org » Colorblind Synesthete experiences colors his eyes can’t see.

Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:51:44 +0000

[...] a grapheme’s actual color from it’s “synthetic” color. This all gets really weird when you get a synesthete who is colorblind. He sees colors in his mind that his eyes are physically unable to [...]