by JZ Murdock

Created on: February 07, 2010   Last Updated: February 12, 2010

Psychoneurophysiologically Approaching a Field Theory Understanding of Schizophrenia via Research of a Non-normative, Non-pathological Syndrome: Synesthesia, and the need for more information

Western Washington University 25 May 1984 / Revision 2010

 Runninghead: Synesthesia / Schizo.

 Abstract

 In past years, the study, control, and understanding of schizophrenia, has been greatly hampered by lack of infor­mation, inappropriate tools (like no computers of sufficient complexity for handling of compilation and dissemination of data), and perhaps, most simply, the incorrect approach. Since we must now consider, re-evaluate, and redirect our attempts at helping the schizophrenic person, this paper is directed towards seeing the schizophrenic person through the "filter" of a "normal" condition known as synesthesia. Various mental and neural mechanisms are pointed to; some similar to both schizophrenia and synesthesia. This paper was written towards the continuation of research in both the "normal" and the “abnormal" conditions, with the further comment that this research is complimentary in many ways; while it is acknowledged that there are many other ways which do not match up (surely, or else the two conditions would be the same). Through this type of study, it is conjectured that the human experience would be greatly enriched.

 Psychoneurophysiologically Approaching a Field Theory Understanding of Schizophrenia via Research of a Non-normative, Non-pathological Syndrome: Synesthesia, and the need for more information

 It would seem that there has been very little research on the synesthetic personality (synesthete). I have found none. There is some research on synesthesia itself, but mostly between the 1880's and the 1920's. Although its study was conducted by such prestigious investigators as (Price, 1979):

Pythagoras: "Music of the Spheres" (6th cent. B.C.) Aristotle: "Harmony of colors like Harmony of Sounds" (4th Cent. B.C.) Locke (1690), and Leibniz (1704): “Blind Man Apprehends Scarlet by Sound of a Trumpet Newton (1704): ”Parallel Between Colors of Spectrum and Notes of Musical Scale” E. Darwin (1790): “Parallel Between Colors and Musical Notes” Gautier (1843, 1846): “Description of Colored Hearing Induced by Hashish” Wundt (1874): "Equivalence of Pitch and Brightness is by Analogy” Fechner (1876): “Report of colored vowels” Galton (1883): “Report of colored

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