tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post108723753006147976..comments2024-03-06T09:59:45.522-06:00Comments on Happy Catholic*: "Also" is Kinda CrunchyJulie D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-19478738751679479622010-08-31T21:13:25.705-05:002010-08-31T21:13:25.705-05:00What you are describing is not at all like true sy...What you are describing is not at all like true synesthesia.<br /><br />When I hear a word I do not actually experience the texture of heavy silk in my mouth. Which is what happens to my daughter. It is much more complicated than your explanation ... and although much more common than scientists think, it is not so common that everyone has it.Julie D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08384291674560438678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6881054.post-5004585405699797012010-08-31T19:06:09.598-05:002010-08-31T19:06:09.598-05:00I think everyone has synesthesia ( in some degree)...I think everyone has synesthesia ( in some degree) but don't realize it. Philosophical psychology teaches us that all five senses are integrated through a central sense after passing through the sensory nerve channels. This coordinating center of the brain useses sense information to identify and/or name an external object that has been percieved. One can experience a dog through all but one of the senses. Sometimes, all at once. These experiences are retained in the brain and remembered by the central sensory center of the brain. We may have met a particulaly smelly dog at some time. And hereafter, whenever we encounter a similar smell we may well conjure up an image of that particular smelly dog, when in fact the offender may be some hambuger grease going bad in the frying pan we neglected to clean three days ago. We thus tend to associate a sensation with some other incident which left a powerful impression. This is quite normal, you could say it is a law of our nature. And this is exactly why the Church continually warns us to avoid occasions and people and things, and thoughts and desires which cause us to sin. I am sure I needn't explain that, it should be obvious.<br /><br />I think the examples you cited illustrate nothing more than that some people learn more or perhaps better through one sense rather than another. Perhaps these are the gifted ones who become scientists, artists, poets, etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com