Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
Steffie Tomson: 30 Second Science
Season 2011 Episode 17 | 40s | Video has closed captioning.
Steffie Tomson: 30 Second Science
Aired: 02/01/11
Problems Playing Video? | Closed Captioning
Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
Season 2011 Episode 17 | 40s | Video has closed captioning.
Steffie Tomson: 30 Second Science
Aired: 02/01/11
Problems Playing Video? | Closed Captioning
(electricity crackling) (curious instrumental music) - Okay, synesthesia is a perceptual condition that involves blending of the senses, so letters can get associated with colors or tastes and shapes, that kind of thing.
We think that it arises because of abnormal neural connectivity.
And we care about this because we're looking at synesthesia as a model for other diseases that have been implicated in abnormal connectivity, such as autism, schizophrenia, ADD, and that kind of thing.
Under time!
Sweet!
(laughs)