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NewsRecent ArticleThere is a new article by David Brang and V.S. Ramachandran, "Survival of the Synesthesia Gene: Why Do People Hear Colors and Taste Words?" http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1001205 Other Synesthesia ConferencesThe Fourth International Congress of Synesthesia, Science and Art IV Congreso Internacional de Sinestesia Ciencia y Arte 2012 will be held in Almeria, Spain on February 16 – 19, 2012 http://www.sinestesia2012.info/index.php?lang=en For a list of presenters in the Pre-Program, please go to: http://www.artecitta.es/CONTENIDOSIVCOGRESShtm.htm UK Synaesthesia Association Conference Merton College, Oxford April 14th and 15th 2012 United Kingdom Synaesthesia Association The members of the UKSA committee are pleased to announce that the 2012 UK Synaesthesia Association annual conference will be hosted by Roi Cohen Kadosh, Devin Terhune and Jackie Thompson at Merton College, Oxford over the weekend of 14th & 15th April, 2012. The Keynote Speaker will be Professor Colin Blakemore, Ph.D., FRS, FMedSci, HonFSR, a leading British scientist and science communicator to the public. Known for his immense contribution on vision and early development of the brain, Professor Blakemore is Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Oxford. Conference submission, registration, travel, and accommodation details will appear on the UKSA website conference page shortly http://www.uksynaesthesia.com/2012OXFORD.html Books![]() MacMillan Publishers has put out a downloadable electronic kindle edition of Patricia Lynne Duffy's book, Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens. It is now available from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Cats-Chartreuse-Kittens-ebook/dp/B005CW6P32/ref=sr_1_1_title_1_kin?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1323090875&sr=1-1 ![]() Patricia Albers has written a new book entitled, Joan Mitchell, Lady Painter: A Life. 544 pages. This is the first full-scale biography of the painter Joan Mitchell (1925-1992), a synesthete who had colored letters, colored sound, personality-color synesthesia, and emotionally mediated synesthesia. The publication date is May 3, 2011 and the book can be found on Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=Lady+Painter&x=0&y=0 Tasting the Universe, by Maureen Seaberg is in stores now. http://www.amazon.com/Tasting-Universe-People-Rainbows-Symphonies/dp/1601631596/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1289201576&sr=8-1 Past NewsThe New York University Consciousness Project held a workshop on "The Phenomenology of Synesthesia" on Saturday November 20, 2010.Hosted by Dave Chalmers Synesthesia is the syndrome in which a stimulus in one sensory modality reliably yields an experience associated with a different sensory modality. The focus of the workshop will be the question "What is it like to be a synesthete?". There will be talks and discussion from philosophers, psychologists, and synesthetes. All are welcome. WORKSHOP: THE PHENOMENOLOGY OF SYNESTHESIA Saturday, November 20, 2010 New York University Philosophy Building 5 Washington Place 1st Floor Lecture Theatre 9:30- 10:00 AM Coffee 10:00 - 11:00 AM Carol Steen (Artist, Synesthete, Co-Founder American Synesthesia Association) "Do you see what I see?" 11:15 - 12:15 PM Lawrence E. Marks (Yale University, Psychology) "Three (scientific) questions about synesthesia". 12:15 - 2:00 PM Lunch 2:00 - 3:00 PM Berit Brogaard (University of Missouri, Philosophy) "Does color synesthesia differ phenomenally from visual imagery?" 3:15 - 5:00 PM Panel Discussion (led by Jon Simon, Philosophy, NYU) Panel: Berit Brogaard, Patricia Lynn Duffy, Lawrence Marks, Maureen Seaberg, Carol Steen Synesthesia: Art and the Mind
This exhibition featuring the art of known synesthetes, David Hockney, Joan
Mitchell, Marcia Smilack, and Carol Steen, and works by artists thought to
be synesthetic including Charles Burchfield, Tom Thomson, Wassily Kandinsky,
and Vincent van Gogh, was co-curated by Carol Steen, artist, New York City;
and Greta Berman, Professor of Art History, The Juilliard School, New York
City. This show was made possible by Carol Podedworny, director, McMaster
Museum of Art, and Dr. Daphne Maurer of the Department of Psychology,
Neuroscience & Behaviour at McMaster University. |