tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post8833881771130667535..comments2023-06-14T03:36:55.988-07:00Comments on Head Nurse: In which years of neuro nerdery are made worthwhileJohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-77437185821922820072010-05-17T11:26:18.539-07:002010-05-17T11:26:18.539-07:00This is genuinely cool. I'm so glad to know I&...This is genuinely cool. I'm so glad to know I'm not a freak! I associate tastes with colors - like mustard yellow is a really bitter, foul taste, a combination of chewed up tylenol and a piece of grass I ate one day when I was six. Strange, because I like mustard; I just really dislike the color. Something similar happens when it comes to certain music or musicians that I really like: that music is colored for me. For instance, the first Brahms piano concerto is deep, dark blue, darker than cobalt, but not navy-dark, with ribbons of silver twisting through it.<br /><br />I can't wait until my son is old enough to really understand and answer me when I ask him about this of thing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-72272295818638030292010-05-07T07:42:56.464-07:002010-05-07T07:42:56.464-07:00I'm jealous...is that wierd? Ever since I read...I'm jealous...is that wierd? Ever since I read about it a few years ago I found synesthesia to be something fascinating. Something I wish I had...a whole extra dimension to life. <br /><br /><br />PS:<br />Philip Glass...evil...Techo...good!Geosominhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15729167937433295927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-4595086055019208902010-05-06T09:44:59.710-07:002010-05-06T09:44:59.710-07:00A NURSE, regarding your mental movies when you rea...A NURSE, regarding your mental movies when you read: the first time I saw Peter Horton on the show "Thirty Something" my first thought was "IT'S LARRY UNDERWOOD!" Down to a freaking T. Kind of weird.Penny Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13154829540938334107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-27463872299122712662010-05-06T08:55:32.646-07:002010-05-06T08:55:32.646-07:00Wow. How absolutely frickin' fascinating, thi...Wow. How absolutely frickin' fascinating, this! Like others here, I feel left out! I'd never heard of this before. You're funny AND informative! (AND you play piano too!?!? Let's jam! But I have to warn you, everything I play is brown and makes people gnash their teeth!)Dick Lamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511941056391271560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-58975140533746380472010-05-06T04:01:02.993-07:002010-05-06T04:01:02.993-07:00I first read about synaesthesia about 10 years ago...I first read about synaesthesia about 10 years ago. No one in my family has it, nor do I know anyone who has it (of the people I asked). I am envious, one more sense, and I am missing out on it.Jackienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-62223150192383690012010-05-05T16:08:38.272-07:002010-05-05T16:08:38.272-07:00Nice post! Check out David Eagleman- he is a big e...Nice post! Check out David Eagleman- he is a big expert on this stuff. <br /><br />http://neuro.bcm.edu/eagleman/<br /><br />and his book-<br /><br />Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia. Richard E. Cytowic and David M. Eagleman. MIT Press.<br /><br />I heard about him when he gave a neuro lecture- pretty smart guy!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02469125579905761876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-60704007958855830172010-05-05T09:17:11.364-07:002010-05-05T09:17:11.364-07:00I polled my class of engineers yesterday about whe...I polled my class of engineers yesterday about whether they do this. <br /><br />The silence in the classroom looked like dryer fluff with ball-bearings at the bottom.yrsisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-13585837620087182572010-05-05T07:55:42.688-07:002010-05-05T07:55:42.688-07:00Interesting. I have always pictured movies in my ...Interesting. I have always pictured movies in my head when I read. Whatever I read.....I can see exactly what everyone looks like, right down to what they are wearing and what they do - every detail including color and smells. It always distracting and annoying when the illustrations didn't match what I was in my head - to the point I would stop reading that particular book . I used to think everyone saw the same thing. I only found out years later, they don't.Cartoon Charactershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871661908222892370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-62093330239167619052010-05-05T05:46:31.932-07:002010-05-05T05:46:31.932-07:00Really? Five is a dull red and connected to the n...Really? Five is a dull red and connected to the number 7 and the letter R. All my numbers and letters are connected to each other and have colors. I used to be able to smell them - but that went away a long time ago. However, I still taste some music, which explains why I have a specific playlist set aside for baking and another one for cooking. One example is Alison Krauss's song "Let Me Touch You for Awhile" - it's honey, melted butter, and a half shot of brandy. <br /><br />I've even designed cakes based on songs.snarkygurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02912479258299432074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-23355270436916671682010-05-05T00:02:58.192-07:002010-05-05T00:02:58.192-07:00There's a brilliant short story by a writer ca...There's a brilliant short story by a writer called Jeffrey Ford called "The Empire of IceCream" (in a book collection of the same name) in which the narrator has synaesthesia.<br /><br />I am incredibly jealous of synaesthetics - the closest that I get to it is that sudden loud noises evoke a bright white light, but I think that is more the "jump" reaction.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17965300148218903639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-53263381270569249582010-05-04T23:49:52.237-07:002010-05-04T23:49:52.237-07:00Very interesting. My daughter just told me her fri...Very interesting. My daughter just told me her friend doesn't see numbers, she sees colors when numbers come to mind. I told my daughter i'd never heard of such a thing. Didn't figure it was a real thing!sp0okYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05096097359115149882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-68681438696191651272010-05-04T20:20:43.034-07:002010-05-04T20:20:43.034-07:00Heathen. Five is clearly magenta.Heathen. Five is clearly magenta.Jeremyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04473446149863091657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-55120628054578590552010-05-04T18:34:07.969-07:002010-05-04T18:34:07.969-07:00I don't see colors associated with letters or ...I don't see colors associated with letters or numbers, but always, for my entire life, letters and numbers have had very specific gender and personality traits and age. 1 is a benign, somewhat cheerful, quiet man in his 70's. He never married or had children, but he loves kids. 2 is a middle-aged, fat, dumpy, polyester-clad woman with bad hair and broken dreams. She still manages to be somewhat cheerful. 3 is an innocent, 12 year old girl. An immature 12, but not horribly so. Sweet. Too trusting. <br /><br />I could go on. It's the coolest thing ever, and I'm jealous as HELL that I don't see colors associated with music!!!!Penny Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13154829540938334107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-81432891341216355252010-05-04T14:13:10.558-07:002010-05-04T14:13:10.558-07:00Anon, re: associations: I don't know. I'm ...Anon, re: associations: I don't know. I'm not sure if associations can be turned off when you want to, but whatever this is, it can't be. I can shove it to the background, but it's still there, and it's not voluntary.<br /><br />At the end of the day, it doesn't matter. "Water Music" is still white and grey and five is still yellow.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16520599099436383317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-29566827179594142492010-05-04T13:42:44.468-07:002010-05-04T13:42:44.468-07:00My husband sees numbers as having specific colors....My husband sees numbers as having specific colors. I don't have any synesthesia, but it has fascinated me for years. It seems like the world would have more...depth? I don't know. I've always wondered how many people have it and how it affects them.wendrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997119641497745602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-60874307861036623822010-05-04T12:39:33.137-07:002010-05-04T12:39:33.137-07:00http://www.youtube.com/user/thelonelyisland#p/a/u/...http://www.youtube.com/user/thelonelyisland#p/a/u/0/8yvEYKRF5IA<br /><br />What color is Lonely Island?<br /><br />I'm only jealous because I had the most beautiful experience in Oregon tripping on acid one bright drizzly afternoon. I wish I could mix senses like that every day.Lokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706741633162937488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-48891493194510597442010-05-04T12:37:48.194-07:002010-05-04T12:37:48.194-07:00uugghhhh
JEALOUS.uugghhhh<br /><br />JEALOUS.Lokihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10706741633162937488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-91432824486783519462010-05-04T11:39:57.546-07:002010-05-04T11:39:57.546-07:00My brother and i both FEEL music, as well as seein...My brother and i both FEEL music, as well as seeing it in colors. Spiky, soft, itchy, you name it. Dad thinks we're both nuts.Alpine, R.N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02560998014555307666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-11060172688273483522010-05-04T11:03:14.766-07:002010-05-04T11:03:14.766-07:00Is it possible that a lot of what you just listed ...Is it possible that a lot of what you just listed is just associations? Like a certain emotion (a positive one, for example), would be associated with a positive color? <br /><br />I don't know. <br /><br />I smell experiences. Like to me, there's a certain smell to walking through spider webs; everyone thinks I'm crazy when I tell them that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-1032304029047546632010-05-04T10:38:30.094-07:002010-05-04T10:38:30.094-07:00I am jealous, and have been for years on this topi...I am jealous, and have been for years on this topic.<br /><br />It seems like everyone should have this beautiful ability, but some of us don't.<br /><br />And yes, it makes me sad that I am missing out on it, with the one exception of occasionally being able to smell purple (about 3 times in my 47 years).messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-5941945185793286252010-05-04T10:19:15.984-07:002010-05-04T10:19:15.984-07:001)Philip Glass' "Glassworks" almost ...1)Philip Glass' "Glassworks" almost brings me to tears. <br /><br />2)Amazing post and realization!<br /><br />3)If you haven't read "Born on a Blue Day" you might want to.Albinoblackbearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15222730484450544498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-12472416514959917502010-05-04T09:31:39.311-07:002010-05-04T09:31:39.311-07:00"nasty burnt-orange"
I beg your pardon?..."nasty burnt-orange"<br /><br />I beg your pardon?? I respect that this is the output of a mis-wired place in your brain, but please tell your cingulate gyrus that burnt-orange does not come in "nasty". <br /><br />RAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-79269947018186946652010-05-04T09:11:09.228-07:002010-05-04T09:11:09.228-07:00Grammar has feelings. My students work causes bot...Grammar has feelings. My students work causes both myself and the grammar pain.MM9Uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01217049633583909918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-54877824084198926562010-05-04T08:22:49.726-07:002010-05-04T08:22:49.726-07:00I used to see names in colors. Not other words, j...I used to see names in colors. Not other words, just names. And a particular shade of magenta tasted INSANELY bitter when I was a kid. If I looked at it, I'd instantly get this horrible taste in my mouth. I can conjure it up by remembering, but I can look at it without feeling that any more. <br /><br />Maybe it's the piles of pyschiatric medication that's turned that switch off in my noodle. But it never occurred to me that it wasn't something that everyone felt until I was an adult.Mollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6833607.post-62134520645525340642010-05-04T07:28:25.002-07:002010-05-04T07:28:25.002-07:00Wow! That is really interesting! I have heard of t...Wow! That is really interesting! I have heard of that before, but like you, did not realize how common it could be. <br /><br />Have studies shown if it is a genetic thing? I mean, if you and your sister both have some form of it, there might be a link there. ;)It's just me :)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05221551653882437330noreply@blogger.com