Teaching Myself to Read with Synesthetic Colors: Experiment in Neuroplasticity

[@mateuszdworak1252]

I have synesthesia and this hurts my brain because the colors are all wrong

[@VangusKhan]

Trust me, it hurts my brain too because the letters are all wrong😛

[@darkenblade986]

This is pretty cool, but I would recommend you start with easy kids books and work your way up. That way, you can go full color mode (no letters) and still be able to read. Good luck!

[@user-td1un2nq4c]

this is how it feels trying to become fluent in any kind of cipher for me hahah i would have never thought of colors:0 ! ! stealing this idea perhaps so cool :]

[@domovoi_0]

Crazy stuff brother, glad to find your channel. Love and blessings!

[@ShivanS]

This is so interesting. Keep going!

[@RowanTS]

Not sure why KZbin recommended me this, but you’re right, it does look interesting. I’m actually learning Arabic now (literally now, I was background-noise-videoing when I saw your thumbnail on the side) and there are some letters that seem similar but are slightly different, in a way that’s hard to memorise: e.g. there’s a “soft” s and t and d, and a “heavier” Ṣ and Ṭ and Ḍ which sometimes my ears can barely tell the difference between. So maybe assigning colours to them and trying to learn that way might help those to differentiate in my mind. Thanks for the idea!

[@VangusKhan]

Inshallah! That is awesome to hear you're learning Arabic and I'd be curious what clever ways you find to differentiate the sounds and letters!

[@matiaslangon6799]

I'm subscribing for the followup videos! I want to see if you get fluent in it, and if it alters your perception of colorless letters.

[@devd_rx]

ever tried learning a different language script? i do that all the time for my neuroplasticity experiments, kinda masochistic but I enjoy the outcomes from this process.

[@VangusKhan]

I've never tried that! Next up: WingDings!

[@elvirieltina174]

It looks really fun, but the color choices for each letter are not great. I also think you could make it more intresting by encoding some additional information by color coding. As example, all of the consonants could be cool colors and all of the vowels could be warm colors. As i think it's confusing that letters\sounds that have nothing in common are of very similar colors (like "a'" and "m")

[@VangusKhan]

One of the goals was to avoid confounding variables. Meaning, I would not want to group cool colors and warm colors to certain aspects of the alphabet. This would enable my brain to create little mental shortcuts where I don't want any. It is a fun idea and would look aesthetically pleasing, you're right! However, for this purpose it was not applicable. The other goal was to ensure the colors were able to be printed. Colors on printed media vs colors on digital screens are two different ballgames, and there is a happy medium. This is especially true when the most accessible printers within cost range only have a range of fidelity to play with. This played a role in my selections. I've made a few rounds of changes since this video already :)