#17 What on earth is synaesthesia!?

I am no longer producing new episodes of Deep Talk, but I hope you enjoy the 33 you have already. I am welcoming new language coaching clients, though. You can find out more on my website: ⁠⁠https://www.rhiannonelt.com/coaching⁠⁠ +++Today, I’m joined by Dave and we’re talking about the perceptual phenomenon known as synaesthesia. You find out more about synaesthesia at the following links:Tasty Coloured Sounds: The experience of Synaesthetes by Dr. Julia Simnerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vFqNjySBHk(This is the talk we reference regularly in this episode)Synaesthesia: A Very Short Introductionhttps://academic.oup.com/book/28464(A book by the academic above, Julia Simner, if you wanted to dive into the topic more deeply)UK Synaesthesia Association - Homepagehttps://uksynaesthesia.com/University of Sussexhttps://www.sussex.ac.uk/synaesthesia/(This is where you’ll find the test that Dave mentions in the episode)+++Dave is an artist. If you find yourself in Edinburgh before mid-February, you can find his work at this show at the National Portrait Gallery:https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/artists-work-2+++Get in Touch:Join my mailing list here: www.rhiannonelt.comFollow me on Instagram: @rhiannoneltEmail me: [email protected]