I SEE LIGHT SYNESTHESIA Research Tallinn English College

I SEE LIGHT- SYNESTHESIA Research Tallinn English College Form 8 Kristin Paula Anu Tammeleht Tallinna Inglise Kolledž 14. 05. 2016

Aim of the research �to inform the readers what synesthesia is, how it can vary and how it influences synesthetes �to analyse how many people have synesthesia at Tallinn English College Tallinna Inglise Kolledž 14. 05. 2016

Parts of the research �Theoretical part introduces different types of synesthesia, synesthesia’s causes and synesthetes’ perception of different things �Practical part analyses questionnaires regarding synesthetic experiences and compares them to other reference statistics Includes appendices (questionnaires) Tallinna Inglise Kolledž 14. 05. 2016

Synesthesia (’’joined sensation’’) �Synesthesia is the involuntary physical experience to integrate information acquired through separate senses (R. E. Cytowic, Synesthesia: Phenomenology And Neuropsychology) �Can be described as light to the brain �Different synesthetes experience seeing lights due to their synesthesia Tallinna Inglise Kolledž 14. 05. 2016

Research and results �How many people have synesthesia in TEC? � 59 questionnaire respondents � 3 P, 3 R, 8 th grade, and EC teachers Tallinna Inglise Kolledž 14. 05. 2016

Grapheme-colour synesthesia Tallinna Inglise Kolledž 14. 05. 2016

Grapheme-color synesthesia Tallinna Inglise Kolledž 14. 05. 2016

Grapheme-color synesthesia �Average 43. 5% Tallinna Inglise Kolledž 14. 05. 2016

Spatial sequence synesthesia Tallinna Inglise Kolledž 14. 05. 2016

Thank you for listening! Tallinna Inglise Kolledž 14. 05. 2016