I was watching a TED talk today by VS Ramachandran on the mind. About 17 minutes in he starts to talk about synesthesia, the crossing of the senses. As he is a scientist of the brain, he explains why it is--physically--that some people are more creative than others. Well, something like that. Why it is that some people can link more abstract concepts--such as metaphor--together and others cannot. Fascinating stuff.
I've heard Ramachandran on RadioLab talking about the phantom limb mirror therapy. Have you read Oliver Sacks on synthesthesia? Love this stuff.
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