Re: Musician tastes richness of symphony

[Guest guest]

Al: I read about this a couple of years ago. Very interesting.

But how is this relevant to CRON?

on 3/2/2005 9:31 PM, old542000 at apater@... wrote:

>

> Hi All,

>

> See the below for the pdf-available article.

>

> C B C . C A N e w s - F u l l S t o r y :

> -----------------------------------

> Musician tastes richness of symphony

> Last Updated Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:04:26 EST

> CBC News

> LONDON - A musician who sees colour when she hears music can

> also " taste " the flavours of tones such as a creamy harmony by Bach,

> scientists say.

> Swiss neuropsychologists recruited Sulston, a 27-year-

> old professional musician, for a year-long study.

> The subject found an octave has no taste.

> Sulston, who has an average IQ, is a synaesthete – someone who

> involuntarily experiences a crossover of senses from stimuli.

> In this case, she sees colour when she hears a tone. To Sulston,

> an F sharp looks violet and a C is red.

> What makes Sulston's case remarkable is she also perceives a taste

> corresponding to what she hears.

> In Thursday's issue of the journal Nature, researchers said this

> is the first known case of such a combined perception.

> Lutz Jaencke of the University of Zurich and his colleagues tested

> her gift at identifying tone intervals, the difference between two

> notes.

> In the first part of the experiment, researchers applied different

> solutions tasting sour, bitter, salty and sweet to her tongue while

> four musical intervals were presented.

> Then the test was repeated, except that words describing the

> tastes, rather than the tastes themselves, were shown to Sulston

> before the tone intervals were played.

> To Sulston, a minor second is sour, a major third sweet, a fourth

> tastes like mown grass and a minor sixth like cream.

> " Whenever she hears a specific musical interval, she automatically

> experiences a taste on her tongue that is consistently linked to that

> particular interval, " the scientists wrote in the journal.

> She responded with perfect accuracy, and more quickly than five

> other musician controls who don't have synaesthesia.

> Sulston's " application of her synaesthetic sensations in

> identifying tone intervals – a complex task that requires formal

> musical training – demonstrates that synaesthesias may be used to

> solve cognitive problems, " they concluded.

>

> Cheers, Al Pater.

>

[Guest guest]

In the brain the cells lie next to each other and store information. An amazing thing is when you can remember EXACTLY how something happened and you can prove to yourself it didn't because it was the wrong year or the wrong place. The cells have died and the two ideas merged. The brain has a unique capability to associate ideas from many things. That's something I've never been able to program on a computer.

It isn't hard to imagine that different senses can be merged. People can get to a point they taste nothing and also they can smell things that are not there. It's not mystical - the brain "jumps" program.

When your computer is doing something and suddenly reboots, it's probably a memory failure. You start the task over and it works ok for a while and a day or two later crashes again. Then it won't reboot at all.

It may tell you to reboot again and it may tell you where the memory failure is. Unfortunately, we can't change our chips. But we can check with the doctor the first time we notice something weird.

So if any one is doing low intake and experiences any kind of weird stuff, lighten up - eat something else.

If you take a medication that gives you nightmares, and you will know what I mean if you get them - they are king stuff, stop taking them and get something else. Your brain wakes you up instead of shutting down.

I never got an adequate explanation how this happens, but I guessed the brain is making a last effort to keep from dying. My doc said if something gave him nightmares he'd stay away from that like a poison. So I found a way to quit toprol xl. My other meds are fine. I have some dreams now to wake me up because of something I ate or I need to pee.

Regards.

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From: Francesca Skelton

Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 7:23 AM

Subject: Re: [ ] Musician tastes richness of symphony

Al: I read about this a couple of years ago. Very interesting.But how is this relevant to CRON?on 3/2/2005 9:31 PM, old542000 at apater@... wrote:> > Hi All,> > See the below for the pdf-available article.> > C B C . C A N e w s - F u l l S t o r y :> -----------------------------------> Musician tastes richness of symphony> Last Updated Wed, 02 Mar 2005 19:04:26 EST> CBC News> LONDON - A musician who sees colour when she hears music can> also "taste" the flavours of tones such as a creamy harmony by Bach,> scientists say. > Swiss neuropsychologists recruited Sulston, a 27-year-> old professional musician, for a year-long study.> The subject found an octave has no taste.> Sulston, who has an average IQ, is a synaesthete – someone who> involuntarily experiences a crossover of senses from stimuli.> In this case, she sees colour when she hears a tone. To Sulston,> an F sharp looks violet and a C is red.> What makes Sulston's case remarkable is she also perceives a taste> corresponding to what she hears.> In Thursday's issue of the journal Nature, researchers said this> is the first known case of such a combined perception.> Lutz Jaencke of the University of Zurich and his colleagues tested> her gift at identifying tone intervals, the difference between two> notes.> In the first part of the experiment, researchers applied different> solutions tasting sour, bitter, salty and sweet to her tongue while> four musical intervals were presented.> Then the test was repeated, except that words describing the> tastes, rather than the tastes themselves, were shown to Sulston> before the tone intervals were played.> To Sulston, a minor second is sour, a major third sweet, a fourth> tastes like mown grass and a minor sixth like cream.> "Whenever she hears a specific musical interval, she automatically> experiences a taste on her tongue that is consistently linked to that> particular interval," the scientists wrote in the journal.> She responded with perfect accuracy, and more quickly than five> other musician controls who don't have synaesthesia.> Sulston's "application of her synaesthetic sensations in> identifying tone intervals – a complex task that requires formal> musical training – demonstrates that synaesthesias may be used to> solve cognitive problems," they concluded.> > Cheers, Al Pater.