Sensory system

Genuine Synesthesia: The thought behind genuine synesthesia is that this type of synesthesia is a condition in which a person is born with. One of the hallmarks of genuine synesthesia is consistency, which can be described by a high inter- and low intrapersonal variance between inducer-concurrent couplings. Consistency is usually observed in a “test-retest” experiment where results observed and recorded initially will be observed again after a certain period of time. In 1987, Cohen performed…

resulted in greater connections between the auditory and somatosensory regions of the brain (Ro et al., 2007). A DTI was used to show the altered connections from the damaged thalamus (Ro et al., 2007). These results show the role of VL in normal sensory processing and that reorganization of the rain can alter connectivity to change the process of perception (Ro et al., 2007). This study on injury induced synesthesia supports the CA model because it is the increased connectivity from…

Written by Siri Carpenter, “Everyday fantasia: The world of synesthesia” gives me some background knowledge into past studies of synesthesia. Carpenter gave a translation of synesthesia, stating that it derives from the greek language with the meaning “to perceive together.” She also gave some ratios declaring that almost 1 in 2000 are synesthetes and that as many as 1 in 300 have a variation of it. This article also starts by giving some wonderful examples on how synesthesia impacts…

The five senses are the important, but some people take them for granted. If I had to choose one to live without I'd choose taste. In 2005, Duncan Boak lost his sense of smell after a brain injury. Since smell and taste are closely linked his taste was impacted as well. "It's so hard to explain but losing your sense of smell leaves you feeling like a spectator in your own life, as if you're watching from behind a pane of glass, it makes you feel not fully immersed in the world around you and it…

It doesn’t matter where you are, you will always be observing a scene, whether you realize it or not. When going to the location I chose, it was odd trying to think about everything I needed to observe. Usually these observations are things I don’t pay attention to, but I do them anyway. As human beings, we observe with our senses. Our senses include sight, sound, smell, taste and touch. These senses aren’t always on our mind when we go to different places, unless of course one of them stands…

Philosopher Rene Descartes wrote an influential piece named the “Meditations on First Philosophy.” In this work, his “First Meditation” mainly deals with doubt of existence and how doubt is made possible because of sensory deception. He creates the dream argument that argues about how it is possible to be uncertain about whether or not a person is in a real world or dream world. In philosopher G.E. Moore’s “Certainty” he attempts to debunk Descartes’ argument through showing the inconsistencies…

Mother to Son The poem “Mother to Son” written by Langston Hughes and published in 1922 is a very inspiring poem of a mother speaking to her son about not giving up. The mother speaks about life’s hardships and encourages her son to keep going and to not give up. There are many different words and phrases that the mother uses to symbolize certain parts of her life and specific things she has gone through during her life. I really like this poem because of the love and wisdom this mother is…

Poetry is like a painting in words. There are many different ways to you could go in poetry. Reader of poetry regularly carry with them many related suppositions. That a poem is to be perused for its message. That this message is covered up in the sonnet. The message is to be found by regarding the words as images which normally don 't mean what they say yet remain for something else, you need to decode each and every word to acknowledge and appreciate the poem. There are no simple approaches to…

Anxiety Disorders means a feeling of being worried, fear, and stressful to lead to mental health disorders that you 're facing with your problems. Anxiety can cause by many reasons with dealing with problems or paranormal thoughts. It also leads to panic attacks, social anxiety disorders, and risk factors such as shyness, being a female, and parental history of mental disorders. Most people are suffering this disorder and it is hard to handle. There are treatments and therapies for anxiety such…

Rhetorical Essay “Capturing Angelic Glistening Sensuality: Glow by J.Lo” and“Glowing by JLo” The advertisements being analyzed appeal to the superficial side of women. The majority of women would prefer to be seen as angelic and sensual beings. Women feel more attractive and develop a higher self-esteem when they feel as though they smell sexy. JLo’s company realizes these facts and directs both ads toward that particular audience of women. “Glow” and “Glowing” both use photos that are…