Thursday, May 14, 2009

Synesthesia Brains

Summary: The video I watched was about a man named Shawn who is forty-three years old and has synesthesia. He talks about how he sees different colors in different types of food. He tells how he can taste color. He explains that its hard to have this disorder because you don’t get to choose what color you see or taste. He says that he would love the sound of an instrument but hate the color that it made. He said he finds it disturbing when a color he dislikes enters the orchestra. In the video he explains that chicken is a light blue shade. His meal that night consist of chicken with ice cream and orange sauce on top because he likes the taste of light blue. He says he sees the colors while he is eating. The narrator explains that only 1% of the worlds population is diagnosed with synesthesia.

Connection: I could definitely use this video in my research because Shawn explains it better than any doctor could because he actually has the disorder. He gets put under a bunch of test to show what different colors mean for him. He tells how different food is a different color apart from its original color. I think that he is very interesting and cant wait to find out more about this disorder.




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