Synesthesia: The 6th Sense

Synesthesia: The 6th Sense

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The Greatest Lie You've Been Told About Modern Society

You were taught to share before you understood ownership.To sit still before you understood why. To raise your hand before you understood who gave anyone the right to decide when you could speak.Nobody called it conditioning. They called it growing up.By the time you reached scho ...  Show more

Artemis II: The Moon Was Never Enough

Four humans left Earth for the Moon. The first in 53 years.We named the program after Apollo's twin sister. Not the god of reason or science. The god of wild places. Of everything that lies just beyond the edge of what we know.That choice wasn't accidental.Apollo took us there an ...  Show more

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Encore - Tasty words, colorful sounds - How people with synesthesia experience the world, with Julia Simner, PhD
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More than 4% of people have some form of synesthesia, a neurological condition that causes senses to link and merge. People with synesthesia may taste words, hear colors, or see calendar dates arrayed in physical space. Dr. Julia Simner, a professor of neuropsychology at the Univ ...  Show more

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Can you see sounds? Smell letters? Feel colours? Synesthesia is a condition that links people’s senses, so some people in the word can actually do this! We discuss the science behind this (not so) super power... You can WATCH the podcast over on our YouTube channel: http://youtube ...  Show more

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