PSYC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Hair Cell, Endorphins, Propylthiouracil
7 Dec 2016
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Sensation and perception for most of us, sensation and perception operate effortlessly, but for some, it does not. Synesthesia: a sensory experience in one domain is accompanied by a sensory experience in another; a condition in which perceptual or cognitive activities (e. g. listening to music or reading) trigger exceptional experiences (e. g. of color or taste) Example: seeing the color red when one hears train . Example: one man has an experiencing of riding music and seeing blue when he hears high-pitched brass instruments. He also has feelings of disgust when reading words written in a specific color; this is called emotional synesthesia. Grapheme-color synesthesia: where words, letters, or digits are associated with colors taste-touch synesthesia. Sound-color synesthesia researchers believe that this is due to hyperconnectivity in parts of the brain connected with sensory experiences researchers also believe that there may be some benefits to synesthesia. Perfect pitch is genetically associated with synesthesia.
