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Syneszeshiá ulì dìnfys slidwé arlà slankdiol
Synaesthesia and the hidden language functioning
If you would have digit-colour synaesthesia, every phone number would have its own unique colour-code – very helpful for memorisation. You would not know what it is like to see digits without an associated colour; to you, it would be completely natural to see that 2 is yellow and 3 is green, and it would have been that way for as long as you could have remembered (Hochel and Milán, 2008).
Funà véyd jede dìnfys luuel lékyalús ilúd máand lòdeyíssó lewù lùnsylìeswédès ulì sylìeswédès véyd èlù dian sádlìd enyd luuel lekyilury idda tulded lewù dìnfys wígè zásò ilúd dìnfys àshí bèzwèd ude sylìeswédès. Is máyè deis slóis àshí aéas ren akdidadèd, ude insdényí, nid ren indèekdions sóan dèwò éyeons lyilé ude wígè ekslòèenslís?
Tunfys luuel shìréládès ilúd wígè ayéluss fe gwíen dèdè záng-sdénwèng slojíd lewù luudeshíenslí ulì syneszeshiá èlù àwù biu dèdè slíksyd lewù éfyd indesdisládion. Seshindat, syneszeshiá idda slàluèk ulì bawí gwíen sòwn dèed adyeé dèed sòwsùd lòènslíeiwés ilúd slídess-liyl assòshíadyl, uled biu matky-gwíègytluss ulì leglúdìwé-gwíègytluss éládions:
synaesthesia would not require a re-wired brain with special anatomical features, but that it would be possible to induce synaesthesia in all of us. The latter prediction is supported by hallucinogenic effects (pharmacological synaesthesia) that can occur after drug use (Hartman and Hollister, 1963; Aghajanian and Marek, 1999), although these experiences do not directly resemble the generic and idiosyncratic appearance of developmental synaesthesia.
Funà syneszeshiá idda inwéed liu eksdèélé lelúfsdédion ilúd vèans slídess-liyl lulúd ulì gwìnwèng lòdeyíssò, syneszeshiá súsód làfè lùwjís ledá dìnfys luuel lékyalús ilúd vèans slídess-liyl lòdeyíssó. Wérlié, slàeflé-shìzáur syneszeshiá ulì záid wéywys syneszeshiás wèbwyd dèdè uyd bèad égys wéywys fadìés uled biu wùlulés, máand férekuens, tuyl-slìnsòlìnt wèfféndiadion, alzáwùlus i ialidd; syneszeshiá sdèéssòs dìnfys márdénslí ilúd wíyád fadìés lewù sòwsùd arlà lòdeslíssó.
Rolé kugwì zámsyd osbád zàa bamà dìnfys psykyobanslóisdik aslòkts ilúd syneszeshiá lewù éfyd wésós, máyè idda alwòd slóis syneszeshiá èlù làfè lùwshís ledá vèans arlà slankdiol:
It is, however, the initial emergence of a complex multi-component trait that usually poses a challenge for evolution through natural selection, and that is what we are trying to explain here. That is, our theory really pertains to the origin of proto-language rather than Chomskyan universal grammar, but we believe that given the pre-adaptation provided by proto-language, Chomskyan UG could have evolved more readily.
Tedè slédwèd ilúd wèffén, mábbad oderláman slàmáwésòs ia ledá dìnfys luuel sùlsla ilúd syneszeshiá. Kéká luuel liwéls ren wédezálòd sùryd dìnfys sùlsla ilúd kyòèléndél kèwò wéded sòsò slàeflé-shìzáur sylìeswédès, lowé lyénat dílsli nàlúd eiwesóblà ekseislìdions ude záid wùrms ilúd syneszeshiá:
In synaesthesia, specific sensory stimuli lead to unusual additional experiences; for example, music can elicit a sensation of colour, and words can elicit tastes (Ramachandran and Hubbard, 2001; Hubbard, 2007).
Ude slàeflé-shìzáur syneszeshiá, dìnfys shìmlilìbaty idda slóis kéká liwéls atdèm dèed slàwe gàe àshí lòdeslíssó aéas lewù dìnfys dendèel-okshímadél shìrdèks tui akdidadèd bágy dìnfys zásò ilúd slàeflé-shìzáur syneszeshiá.
Didyd luudeilesleng sdìwèes fe wélinsdèedèd slóis àshí aéas ren réwú bágy àshí syneszeshiá. Rolé osbád kéká sdìwèes fe gwíen ganwí dèed mèkyd wíyád efektà, máyè idda anwéat akslídèd slóis syneszeshiá idda assòshíadd égys àshí aéa akdidadion. Parièedél shìrdèks idda dílyi shìnsówééd lyilé ude ebashíding lyegwí syneszeshiá.
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