Vladimir Nabokov

NABOKV-L post 0007772, Sat, 19 Apr 2003 16:00:21 -0700

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Fw: synesthaesia - bbc radio 4 reith lectures
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EDNOTE. Prof. Ramachandran is co-author of the fascinating article
"Hearing Colors, Tasting Shapes" in the May 2003 _Scientific American_.

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From: "Basil Lawrence" <hhumbert@HOTMAIL.COM>

> i thought subscribers would be interested in listening to this year's
> reith lectures (given by neuroscientist vilayanur s. ramachandran,
> director of the centre for brain and cognition at the university of
> california, san diego).
>
> prof rama touches on synesthaesia in lecture one, and will demonstrate
> experimentally that the phenomenon is a genuine sensory effect in lecture
> four on wednesday 23rd april, 2003.
>
> all lectures are posted to the bbc site after broadcast.
>
> http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/reith2003/