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November 22, 2006

Test yourself for synaesthesia:

Synesthete.org is a website that has a series of online tests where you can test yourself for synaesthesia - the condition where senses are crossed so, for example, you might be able to taste shapes or see colours associated with specific numbers.

The site is run by the Eagleman Lab at the Baylor College of Medicine who study links between perception and action, as well as the curious world of synaesthesia.

If you're a researcher, you can also use the site to test and collect results on your own participants, and the same tests are also available as downloadable software for the Matlab package.

It's now known that synaesthesia is partly inherited, so if you find that you or one of your family members seems to have the condition, others in the family may also have similar abilities.


Link to synesthete.org.

—Vaughan.

Posted at November 22, 2006 08:00 AM

Comments

Daldianus says:

I'd so like to know how it feels to be synaesthetic!

Unfortunately I never will.

Comment posted at November 22, 2006 10:38 AM

Alex Fradera says:

If you experience synaesthesia, based in the uk and want to participate in some research to understand more about the condition, the UCL lab is a great place. You can contact them here
http://www.psychol.ucl.ac.uk/jamie.ward/synaesthesia.htm

Comment posted at November 22, 2006 01:38 PM

praisembeka says:

Yes, a delicious article. Also worth getting a taste of:
"Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens: How Synesthetes Color Their Worlds"
by Patricia Lynne Duffy (Henry Holt & Co 2001)
http://www.bluecats.info

Comment posted at November 25, 2006 02:39 PM

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