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@ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago

Ticker-tape synaesthesia – when real life comes with subtitles

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Ticker-tape synaesthesia – when real life comes with subtitles

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@ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zone to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months ago
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A rare variation of the phenomenon in which people’s senses are intermingled involves the mind’s eye seeing speech in captions. Scientists believe the condition arises from excessive neural connectivity and stimulation
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    9•5 months ago

    Wait… So it’s not just because I have an affinity for language?

    Also: Other people see text in their mind like that? I thought that was just my own quirk.

    • @200ok@lemmy.world
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      This is so cool! Is it like you’re imagining the text, or can you literally see it?

      What about words that are muffled or too quiet?

      How does it feel/look like when you’re in an area that’s packed with people? (Thank you in advance!)

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        It’s like a mental HUD. Sometimes there’s even an internal monologue like the enclopedia checks in Disco Elysium; though it’s my voice, not that cool narrator’s voice.

        • @200ok@lemmy.world
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          Cool superpower!

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      reminds me of my reaction when I discovered I had chromesthesia.

      “Wait, not everyone sees music visually?”

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      1•5 months ago

      What does the text look like for you?

      • veee
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        3•5 months ago

        14:16:31, 14:16:30, 14:16:29, and so on.

        • SkaveRat
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          that’s just trisolarens trolling you

        • @ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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          3•5 months ago

          Like military time or a count down or is it colon separated?

          • veee
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            2•5 months ago

            Seems like a countdown to me.

            • @ToastedPlanet@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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              2•5 months ago

              How long have you had this?

        • @Zangoose@lemmy.world
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          Is that… a countdown to the next holiday?

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        14 point Times New Roman font (or, well, at least a font with sarifs) above or below whatever I’m looking at, giving the name of and a short description of the thing, or what words I am hearing being spoken.

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