Wednesday is Indigo Blue

Synesthesia: Why do some people associate letters with color?

Our laboratory has been studying synesthesia for eight years. In that time, we've tested thousands of synesthetes of all varieties, gathered the DNA from 8 synesthetic family trees, and performed neuroimaging. We value the opportunity to explain our research to a wider audience, and to that end our research has appeared in several popular outlets.

Here are some print articles about our synesthesia research:

What Flavor Is Your Rainbow? - Dr. Kiki's Science Hour, August 2010

Why I and O are dull for synaesthetes - New Scientist, Nov 2007

Finding the Gene that Makes People Hear Shapes and Taste Words - UT Houston Medicine, May 2006

Synesthesia: Hearing Sounds and Seeing Colors - Houston Chronicle

The Most Beautiful Painting You've Ever Heard - Seed Magazine, Dec 2006

Writing

From the Blog

Discussing dreaming with Henry Rollins

I recently spent an evening speaking at the Rubin Museum in NYC with punk rock legend, writer, and spoken word artist Henry Rollins. We discussed the origin, meaning, neuroscience, and bizarreness of dreams.
Emily Blunt reads "The Cast" from Sum

Hear actress Emily Blunt read the story "The Cast" from Sum.
Possibilianism at PopTech

I recently spoke at PopTech on the limits of science, the problems of false dichotomies, and my new movement of possibilianism. See the video.
Brain Time

The days of thinking of time as a river—evenly flowing, always advancing—are over. Time perception, just like vision, is a construction of the brain.