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What's the Big Idea? Margaret Moore is the founder and co-director of the Institute of Coaching at McLean Hospital. Paul Hammerness, MD, is a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
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Why has synesthesia survived evolution?
While most of us see sights and hear sounds, some people also hear colors and taste words, a mysterious phenomenon called synesthesia, which occurs when stimulating one of the five senses triggers experiences in an unrelated sense. Now researchers suggest this unusual trait can provide numerous mental benefits, potentially explaining why evolution has kept it around. Scientists first discovered synesthesia in the 19th century, noting that certain people saw every number or letter tinged with a particular color, even though they were written in black ink.
Why It Pays to Taste Words and Hear Colors | Benefits of Synesthesia & Human Senses | Mysteries of the Mind
If you ask Emma Anders about the number five, she'll tell you that it's red.
Synesthesia's blended senses
Hearing in Colors, Tasting Voices: The Experience of Synesthesia | The Creative Mind
“What would be truly surprising would be to find that sound could not suggest colour, that colours could not evoke the idea of a melody, and that sound and colour were unsuitable for the translation of ideas, seeing that things have always found their expression through a system of reciprocal analogy.”
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Repeated Stress Linked to Impaired Memory
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This will be the last "home-produced" blog entry for a while [save the short "Everyday Spirituality" which will follow it as a sign-off] .
This image is from a series of Mercedes Benz ads. The text reads: Left brain: I am the left brain.
Left Brain, Right Brain - Creativity And Innovation | The Creative Mind