Discovering Synesthesia – it’s not an illusion!
Since I’ve been insanely busy this week I totally forgot about writing a proper blog. Yoshi, a friend from India I met on Twitter, shared something interesting with me, and I thought I’d share it with you! I’d actually forgotten about this, a little. Watch this video: What’s really important is that you should know that when a synesthete sees a letter, they know perfectly well it is actually written in black ink, however, they associate a certain color with the letter. It’s not like the black is replaced with for instance yellow. It’s not like an illusion. I’m a synesthete, too. I first found out a few years ago, when playing Sudoku was all the rage. I mainly have synesthesia with numbers, I haven’t noticed I have...
Why We Should Stay Away from News, an article by Rolf Dobelli
This is an article I recently read in my newspaper. I suggest you read it – it’s something I highly agree with. Avoid News Towards a Healthy News Diet By Rolf Dobelli Prologue This article is the antidote to news. It is long, and you probably won’t be able to skim it. Thanks to heavy news consumption, many people have lost the reading habit and struggle to absorb more than four pages straight. This article will show you how to get out of this trap – if you are not already too deeply in it. News is to the mind what sugar is to the body We are so well informed and yet we know so little. Why? We are in this sad condition because 200 years ago we invented a toxic form of knowledge called “news.” The time has come to recognize...
A Cup of Tea and a Biscuit Please
The last few days have been c-r-a-z-y. Really, life got in the way of working on my novel – I hadn’t touched my pc in three whole days! I’ve been so insanely busy. We worked hard on upgrading our kitchen (which was very necessary), then we had to prepare for the birthday party that I was going to throw… And it, of course, all was a lot more work than we had expected. And then on my birthday I got sick, last Friday. Then yesterday, which was when I’d throw my party, I was still relatively alright but now I’m a mess and it’s not pretty. It’s the first time in months and months and months (maybe even years) that I got sick so of course now I get really sick. Bleh. So unfortunately, I messed up my ROW80 goal for five...
Top 10 Oddest Neuropsychological Deficits
Neuropsychology studies the structure and function of the brain related to specific psychological processes and behaviors. Most psychological disorders and deficits studied by neuropsychologists are generally caused by brain damage, for instance due to a fall, a car accident, etcetera. Some deficits are not caused by direct brain damage – the study of neuropsychological effects caused by for instance Alzheimer’s disease and STD’s such as AIDS and Syphilis also fall into the domain of neuropsychology. Here is a Top 10 of the oddest Neuropsychological Deficits. 10. Astereognosis Astereognosis is the inability to identify an object by touch without visual input. When a person with astereognosis has their eyes closed or is blind, they cannot...
J’y suis jamais allé
Ah, Sunday again. This final school week was quite chaotic, but finally, I have arrived at my vacation location – Gran Canaria The flight with Ryanair was less than great (they have incredibly strict rules and enforce them like the Germans of old). After a 4.5 hour flight I was greeted with (literally) open arms by my little cute 4-year-old cousin. She was so happy to see me! It was really quite adorable. Anyway, yesterday I picked up the boyfriend, who flew in two days later (due to his brother’s graduation, we booked our tickets and an hour later he announced his graduation was the same day… lol). He had had a much better flight than I, luckily. Today we’re going to the beach and have fun, so this isn’t going to be a long rant...
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