So as many of you know, I have colored letters and numbers. This is the most common form of "synesthesia," the mixing of the senses.
I've noticed that I'm doing a lot better than I used to do at the 24 hour clock, where 14h is 2pm, 19h is 7pm, and so forth. But what's neat is the next thing I noticed: the times I'm best at are the ones where I've changed the color in my mind to the right one, or where the two colors are close to begin with. So 14 is normally green, because 4 is green, but when I think of it as a time, it gets more blue, like 2. That makes it easier. 15h for 3pm is also easier because 5 and 3 are roughly the same color. But 13h for 1pm is hard because 3 is a deep pinkish red and 1 is a rather pale yellow, and I just can't seem to make the 3 have a paler color.
Anyway. Now if only I could get soixante-dix to be green like 7 instead of orange like 6, I'd be all set.
Thursday, March 02, 2006
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This synesthesia stuff fascinates me. I've read about it before but I don't believe I have it in any form. I really wish there were some way for those of us who don't have it to somehow have the chance to experience stuff like what you describe here. You know any good resources or reading material on the subject?
Good luck with getting the rest of the 24-hour clock... :)
I think I've asked you this before, but how do Roman numerals work for you? or numbers in a different base?
--noo
There's a book called Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens, and when I looked that up on Amazon, a book Synesthesia: Perspectives from Cognitive Neuroscience" came up as well.
Roman numerals confuse the heck out of me, colorwise. The V wants to be reddish-pink like five and the I wants to be pale yellow like 1, so I really have to think hard about IV to make it mean four.
Numbers in a different base...no, it's all about the actual digits, so the base doesn't matter.
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