Deepti Regmi might have Synesthesia, which would explain how she can smell colors. Here’s and article that explains that, and actually shows her in action. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4996280/The-girl-SMELL-colours.html
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.The APA (American Psychological Association) discusses synesthesia in the following article.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar01/synesthesia.aspx
Yes, it is vaguely possible for extremely rare blind* people to experience color through some other sense. No one knows how, nor truly understands what is going on. Many scientific people have assumed the impossibility, but some good scientists have studied those rare individuals and agree it can be true.
Yes, it usually gets lumped in with synesthesia (what else could you call it?). It is certainly close to what most people with synesthesia have, so fits. Or to put it another way, scientists trying to define synesthesia tend to go by the bulk of the people, potentially defining some people out of their definition. But most scientists would agree that this ability is certainly closely related to synesthesia.
I have no way to know if this particular individual (Deepti Regmi) can do what she claims. If something is rare, there are frauds who will try to mimic it, as well as people who can convince themselves that it is true. So, either she really can ‘smell’ color, or she has duped herself into believing she can, or she is actively lying.
Even if the first is true (she really can), she would not always be correct by other people’s definitions. My artistic daughter is convinced that I’m often wrong about colors, so now I often say something is ‘reddish’ or ‘greenish’ or whatever-ish so as not to confuse her artistic mind. So don’t ask me to verify Deepti’s answers! :)
*blind – I’m using the word here in the sense of no sight, rather than in the sense of legally blind.
Templo S.U.D. almost 7 years ago
Does “Lizzie” own the Golden Arches in question near the Buckingham Palace?
winding road almost 7 years ago
Colors don’t have a smell. Not buying the Deepti Regmi story.
VampiricUnicorn almost 7 years ago
Deepti Regmi might have Synesthesia, which would explain how she can smell colors. Here’s and article that explains that, and actually shows her in action. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-4996280/The-girl-SMELL-colours.html
J Short almost 7 years ago
I wonder if the Queen owns stock in a pharmacy to make money from the sick folks who eat at McDonald’s.
CeeJay almost 7 years ago
“Glow little glow worm, glimmer,glimmer…” The Mills Brothers
GeorgeJohnson almost 7 years ago
I thought she’d own a Dairy Queen, not micky dees.
Scott S almost 7 years ago
Glowworms are also firefly larvae.
chain gang charlie almost 7 years ago
So much data and information….The Mind Boggles….
JastMe almost 7 years ago
A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.The APA (American Psychological Association) discusses synesthesia in the following article.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/mar01/synesthesia.aspx
Yes, it is vaguely possible for extremely rare blind* people to experience color through some other sense. No one knows how, nor truly understands what is going on. Many scientific people have assumed the impossibility, but some good scientists have studied those rare individuals and agree it can be true.
Yes, it usually gets lumped in with synesthesia (what else could you call it?). It is certainly close to what most people with synesthesia have, so fits. Or to put it another way, scientists trying to define synesthesia tend to go by the bulk of the people, potentially defining some people out of their definition. But most scientists would agree that this ability is certainly closely related to synesthesia.
I have no way to know if this particular individual (Deepti Regmi) can do what she claims. If something is rare, there are frauds who will try to mimic it, as well as people who can convince themselves that it is true. So, either she really can ‘smell’ color, or she has duped herself into believing she can, or she is actively lying.
Even if the first is true (she really can), she would not always be correct by other people’s definitions. My artistic daughter is convinced that I’m often wrong about colors, so now I often say something is ‘reddish’ or ‘greenish’ or whatever-ish so as not to confuse her artistic mind. So don’t ask me to verify Deepti’s answers! :)
*blind – I’m using the word here in the sense of no sight, rather than in the sense of legally blind.
CareynHenslee almost 7 years ago
Maybe she can smell the different chemicals that make up the colors? “Super-smellers” aren’t unheard of.