PSY 150A1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Ideasthesia, Psychedelic Drug, Grapheme
22 Sep 2016
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Stimulation of one sense leads to automatic experiences in a second sense: not just cross metaphors ( loud shirt bitter wind . Up to 1 in 23 people (but maybe everyone) Letters and or numbers associated with specific colors. Associations vary but there are some common pairings. Actually: ideasthesia: activation of a concept leads to perceptual experience. Why does synesthesia happen: runs strongly in families, increased communication between close brain structures. Letter/number recognition (green) and color processing: other possible causes. What is consciousness: consciousness: person"s awareness of his/her own existence, sensations, cognitions, and environment, early psychology all about consciousness! It takes a part in behavior but it"s not the most important. Consciousness emerges from many individual brain events (musical chord analogy. You have individual parts put together to make consciousness) Different parts of brain, depending what the person is aware of at a given.
