Ramachandran had pointed out that we are all synesthetes in that we cross wire our perceptions to create meaning. I found this example of an accapello singer who literally moulds the song as he sings it.

Ames Window Illusion

November 13, 2007

The Ames Window illusion. Because the window has ‘perspective’ built into it, the illusion works best at right angles to it.

What is perception really? This sensationalist, yet thought provoking video tells it all.

Vilanayur Ramachandran speaks on phantom limbs and Synesthesia

Pattern over Volume

November 13, 2007

Richard Gregory shows how the mind overrides volume (changing through lighting) for a recognisable pattern, a face!

mindbind

November 13, 2007

Anand Agarawala and  Ravin Balakrishnan demonstrate a new way of looking at the digital desktop metaphor.

THE DYNAMICS GRAPHICS PROJECT

from mindbind.vodpod.com

Mind: Oxford Journals

November 13, 2007

The venerable Mind from Oxford. I found a couple of ancient issues at Krishna’s Bookstore, Wookworm on MG road. One of them had the article feelings which influenced so many writers to write on emotion and will.

They also have a similar line called brain, on neurology.

Looking for God in the Brain

November 13, 2007

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN

Researchers are unearthing the roots of religious feeling in the neural commotion that accompanies the spiritual epiphanies of nuns, Buddhists and other people of faith

By David Biello / Read More

Hello world!

November 13, 2007

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