Along with Cytowic, Dr. David Eagleman, is considered to be one of the leading researchers in the study of synesthesia. (https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/sensorium/201202/dr-david-eaglemans-new-dream-project). Dr. Eagleman co-authored a book with Cytowic; Wednesday is Indigo Blue – Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia. Dr. Eagleman has also authored numerous other articles and books on Synesthesia. Dr. Eagleman and his colleagues, Arielle D. Kagan, Stephanie S. Nelson, Deepak Sagaram, Anand K. Sarma developed the Synesthesia Battery. The Synesthesia Battery is an online test which tests individuals for twenty two types of Synesthesia
(Novich, Cheng, Eagleman, 2011).
According to the study conducted by Novich et al. (2011), which …show more content…
(2011), concluded that there are five distinct modules of synesthesia discovered in the study, which were labeled as colored sequence synesthesias, colored music synesthesias, non-visual sequela synesthesias, spatial sequence synesthesias and colored sensation synesthesias. The colored sequence module consists of letters-color, numbers-color, weekdays-color and months-color synesthesias. The colored music module consists of pitch-color, chords-color and instrument color synesthesias. The non-visual sequela module consists of sound-smell, vision-smell, vision-sound, sound-touch, sound-taste and vision taste synesthesias. The spatial sequence module also consists of numbers-color, weekdays- color, months-color and letter-color. The colored sensation synesthesia module consists of touch-color, orgasm-color, pain-color, temperature-color, personality-color, emotion-color, taste-color and smell-color synesthesias. Having one type of synesthesia listed in one particular module highly increases the likelihood that an individual will have a second type of synesthesia listed in the same module. However, having a synesthesia listed in one type of module does not increase the likelihood that an individual will have a type of synesthesia from another module. The study conducted by Novich et al. (2011) acknowledges the fact as there is need of further study and research with regards to synesthesia, just as Cytowic …show more content…
(2013) conducted the first prevalence study of synesthesia in autism to test whether the conditions were independent. The study consisted of 164 adults with autism and 97 controls, which completed the Autism Spectrum Quotient and the Test of Genuineness-Revised TOGR online. The results of the study revealed that 18.9% of the autistic adults in the study also had synesthesia, compared to 7.22 of the controls. The study indicated that synesthesia is significantly more common in adults with synesthesia than normal adults. The increase shown in the study of the prevalence of synesthesia in the autistic adults indicated that there may be some common underlying mechanisms between autism and synesthesia, which Baron-Cohen et al. (2013) cited as potentially being neural hyper-connectivity. Baron-Cohen et al. (2013) provide the hypothesis that faulty axonal pruning, differences in axon guidance, disinhibition and atypical border formation may be responsible for the neural hyper-connectivity. Baron-Cohen et al. (2013) also cite a hypothesis that suggests that savantism arises from individuals with the condition of synesthesia and autism. Baron-Cohen et al. (2013) caution the findings of the study based on the fact that they believe that much more research needs to be conducted to explore the biological mechanisms causing the elevated rate of synesthesia in
(Novich, Cheng, Eagleman, 2011).
According to the study conducted by Novich et al. (2011), which …show more content…
(2011), concluded that there are five distinct modules of synesthesia discovered in the study, which were labeled as colored sequence synesthesias, colored music synesthesias, non-visual sequela synesthesias, spatial sequence synesthesias and colored sensation synesthesias. The colored sequence module consists of letters-color, numbers-color, weekdays-color and months-color synesthesias. The colored music module consists of pitch-color, chords-color and instrument color synesthesias. The non-visual sequela module consists of sound-smell, vision-smell, vision-sound, sound-touch, sound-taste and vision taste synesthesias. The spatial sequence module also consists of numbers-color, weekdays- color, months-color and letter-color. The colored sensation synesthesia module consists of touch-color, orgasm-color, pain-color, temperature-color, personality-color, emotion-color, taste-color and smell-color synesthesias. Having one type of synesthesia listed in one particular module highly increases the likelihood that an individual will have a second type of synesthesia listed in the same module. However, having a synesthesia listed in one type of module does not increase the likelihood that an individual will have a type of synesthesia from another module. The study conducted by Novich et al. (2011) acknowledges the fact as there is need of further study and research with regards to synesthesia, just as Cytowic …show more content…
(2013) conducted the first prevalence study of synesthesia in autism to test whether the conditions were independent. The study consisted of 164 adults with autism and 97 controls, which completed the Autism Spectrum Quotient and the Test of Genuineness-Revised TOGR online. The results of the study revealed that 18.9% of the autistic adults in the study also had synesthesia, compared to 7.22 of the controls. The study indicated that synesthesia is significantly more common in adults with synesthesia than normal adults. The increase shown in the study of the prevalence of synesthesia in the autistic adults indicated that there may be some common underlying mechanisms between autism and synesthesia, which Baron-Cohen et al. (2013) cited as potentially being neural hyper-connectivity. Baron-Cohen et al. (2013) provide the hypothesis that faulty axonal pruning, differences in axon guidance, disinhibition and atypical border formation may be responsible for the neural hyper-connectivity. Baron-Cohen et al. (2013) also cite a hypothesis that suggests that savantism arises from individuals with the condition of synesthesia and autism. Baron-Cohen et al. (2013) caution the findings of the study based on the fact that they believe that much more research needs to be conducted to explore the biological mechanisms causing the elevated rate of synesthesia in