STS 10 ACC

Gia Lorraine L. Ybañez November 07, 2019

BS Accountancy I

SYNESTHESIA

A diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) scan of “Starry Night” by Vincent van Gogh
the brain shows bundle of nerve fibers.
Image by Simon Fraser

Synesthesia is a neural condition that tangles the senses so that people hear
colors and taste words. This condition yields important clues to understanding how
the brain is organized. One tool is a type of brain scan called DTI, short for diffusion
tensor imaging, which lets scientists see the connections between different brain
regions. Today, the ability to look inside the brain represents a new golden age of
science. Science is the art of making the unseen visible but there are many ways to
examine data other than visualization. Through synesthesia, it lets people transduce
seen or unseen information from one type of sensory-like input to a different sensory
output. Science and technology make use of synesthetic concepts to an
extraordinary level since the backbone of science is to convert any sort of
information to a visual representation and such visualization is an example of
synesthesia. The painting “Starry Night” of Vincent can Gogh is an example of
synesthesia. The work of Vincent van Gogh is known for being vibrant and full of
expressive movement, and there is a reason for his distinct style. Many art historians
believe that Vincent van Gogh had a form of synesthesia called chromesthesia—an
experience of the senses where the person associates sounds with colors. It was
shown in his painting the different movements of patterns in which he made a
visualization of the movements through expressing colors to the sounds that he
hears.