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The Mystery of Why Some People Become Sudden Geniuses

By Zaria Gorvett — 2018

There’s mounting evidence that brain damage has the power to unlock extraordinary creative talents. What can this teach us about how geniuses are made?

Read on www.bbc.com

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See the World through Her Asperger Eyes: Wendy Lampen at TEDxDelft

Wendy Lampen works as a lecturer for a university of applied sciences. She got diagnosed with Aspergers syndrome herself. Trained as a teacher in English, History and Ethics she later on worked with adolescents with autism in a school setting.

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Tasting the Universe: People Who See Colors in Words and Rainbows in Symphonies

What happens when a journalist turns her lens on a mystery happening in her own life? Maureen Seaberg did just that and lived for a year exploring her synesthesia.

Maureen Seaberg

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The Man Who Tasted Words: A Neurologist Explores the Strange and Startling World of Our Senses

What we perceive to be absolute truths of the world around us is actually a complex internal reconstruction by our minds and nervous systems.

Dr. Guy Leschziner

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What Do You Feel When You Watch This? - BBC News

British scientists are looking for people with a rare condition called mirror-touch synesthesia, as it could help them to better understand empathy. Here's how - and why it's important.

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Synesthesia - Numberphile

Talking about Grapheme to Colour Synesthesia with Alex from Bite Sci-Zed.

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I Have Synesthesia and Words Taste Like Meatballs

What is synesthesia? -- A neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second pathway. We talk to several synesthetes and recreate their experiences.

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Meet the Accidental Genius

In 2002, Jason Padgett was the victim of a vicious beating outside a karaoke bar in Tacoma, Washington. Upon regaining consciousness, Padgett’s sight was forever altered by a condition called acquired savant syndrome.

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Seeing Song Through the Ears of a Synesthete

Kaitlyn Hova is not only a professional violinist, composer, full stack web developer, designer, neuroscientist, and core team member of Women Who Code, but she is also a synesthete—which means her sensory perception is quite different from what most people experience.

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Tasting Sounds and Seeing Music | Synesthesia Life

What does it look like inside your mind? Do you feel a blending of your senses like Ashley describes? You might have synesthesia.

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Richard E. Cytowic: What Color Is Tuesday? Exploring Synesthesia

How does one experience synesthesia—the neurological trait that combines two or more senses? Synesthetes may taste the number 9 or attach a color to each day of the week. Richard E. Cytowic explains the fascinating world of entangled senses and why we may all have just a touch of synesthesia.

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