Just Noticeable Difference, Sandpaper, and Synesthesia

A cool thing happened in psychology class on Friday - we were talking about amount of difference required to notice a difference (just noticeable difference). We used sandpaper and people felt one piece then another (it could be the same or different) with their eyes closed and had to see if they knew if it was the same. Max was able to get each one because he subconsciously had a color/pattern in his mind for the texture. He was able to ace the test because of synesthesia:)

181 - MSU

We were playing pickleball today and someone said the score was 1-8-1 (in case you don't know how pickleball scoring works, that means we have 1, they have 8, and the person serving is server 1). The number 1 is white and the number 8 is moderately dark green (at least in this scenario; numbers can change colors based on context). 1-8-1 is white, green, white. 

When this person said 1-8-1, because of the colors, I thought of Michigan State. I thought of it without even realizing why, so I had to stop and think for a minute about the connection. 

It was just a cool little synesthesia experience today :)

Harmonies support the melody...

Literally. In general, the melody is a dark blue line that rises and falls, and the harmonies are a kinda olive greenish line that is underneath the blue line, holding it up.

Skunks smell...

Like purplish-pink soy sauce. 

Music Chords

Some colors are based on the guitar/piano hand shape or location on the piano/guitar neck, others on the sound. I will try to specify :)

C - red (piano hand shape no inversion, and guitar hand shape)

C#m - dark blue with dark but bright red in the upper right corner (guitar hand shape)

D - yellowy limey green (guitar hand shape and piano hand shape generally agrees)

E - deep blue? (Guitar hand shape) lighter blue? (Piano hand shape no inversion)

Em - deep blue but very small? (Guitar hand shape)

F - orange (guitar hand shape)

G - limish green (guitar hand shape and key) slightly darker green (piano 2nd inversion)

A - white (both)

Am - white but slightly grey (guitar and piano agrees)

B - light blue (guitar) slightly darker blue (piano no inversion)

The number 2

"Looks" like this:

Music Often Has Colors/Shapes

Generally, the singer's voice is in the middle, the electric guitar is on both sides but spaced away from his/her voice, the acoustic is a brown skinny zig zag line across the middle, and the piano/synth is above or below.

Numbers and Colors

Sometime before 1-26-13:

1 - white
2 - yellow
3 - orange
4 - pink
5 - purple
6 - blue
7 - green
8 - red?
9 - brown
10 - black


On 1-26-13:

1 - yellow
2 - blue
3 - orange/green
4 - pink
5 - purple
6 - yellow
7 - green
8 - red
9 - red/blue
10 - yellow
26 - blue


On 10-11-13:

1 - yellow/white
2 - blue
3 - orange
4 - pink
5 - purple
6 - red
7 - yellowy limey green
8 - darker green (forest?)
9 - red
10 - yellow

Letters and Colors

The page on the left is a coloring page of letters I colored on Jan 19th, 2012. I colored the one on the right on Jan 26, 2013 without looking at the other one.

A website with a great description of Synesthesia:

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/syne.html

The Smell/Taste of a cherry tomato that has been cut in half and put into the fridge...

"Looks" like this:

What's this blog about?

If you've stumbled upon this blog, you're probably wondering just that. Long story short - I have synesthesia and this blog is a place for me to record my synesthesthetic experiences :) 

Active Voice and Passive Voice

Active voice feels like water and passive voice feels like milk. Reading a sentence in passive voice reminds me of the feeling I get if I don't eat dairy for a while and then I do. My throat "feels" congested.