http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/02/09/synesthesia.genes/index.html
In our readings "A world of one's own" we have come to understand the condition known as Synaesthesia. In the article "Seeing color in sounds has a genetic link" Cnn reports the genetic link that has been discovered in regards to syneasthesia and those who live with it.
This article relates to our readings in that it covers the genetic evidence that has been studied for so long by other people. It discusses the old belief that one gene was responsible for the condition and the findings that it is actually linked to four regions, Chromosomes 2,5,6 and 12. Our reading went over the symptoms and some of the reasons for it and this article explains the genetic evidence that has recently been discovered.
This article was very brief in its description of the condition. It described several people in history who have had the condition and the ways in which it effected them. I do believe that it covered the basic areas of the condition and the way in which the brain processes stimuli. Their was sufficient reference to studies that supported the material discussed. Upon further investigation into the sources of the studies i found that they were indeed published and supported.
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The term "mind-expanding" is frequently used to describe the effects of psychadelic drugs such as LSD whose users often reported experiencing synaesthesia like symptoms. The mechanism for this drug is not really known, but it is thought to increase the release of glutamate, an excitatory neurotransmitter. Basically, it changes the users' perceptions of reality. Some of these changes can be so powerful that they will deeply effect the user's personality well after the drug is gone from the system, sometimes permanently.
ReplyDeletePerhaps reality IS created by perception, not the other way around.