{"id":3984,"date":"2011-12-08T07:38:15","date_gmt":"2011-12-08T15:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jo-online.vsb.bc.ca\/keller\/?p=3984"},"modified":"2011-12-08T07:38:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-08T15:38:15","slug":"why-does-evolution-allow-some-people-to-taste-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/2011\/12\/08\/why-does-evolution-allow-some-people-to-taste-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Does Evolution Allow Some People to Taste Words?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3985\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jo-online.vsb.bc.ca\/blogs\/jo\/keller\/files\/2011\/12\/synesthesia-evolution-brain_44199_600x450.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3985\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3985\" src=\"http:\/\/jo-online.vsb.bc.ca\/blogs\/jo\/keller\/files\/2011\/12\/synesthesia-evolution-brain_44199_600x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3985\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) scan of the brain shows bundles of nerve fibers.<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Neural tangling called synesthesia may have creative benefits, experts say.<\/h3>\n<p>Ker Than<br \/>\nfor\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\">National Geographic News<br \/>\n<\/a>Published November 23, 2011<\/p>\n<div><strong>A neural condition that tangles the senses so that people hear colors and taste words could yield important clues to understanding how\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/science.nationalgeographic.com\/science\/health-and-human-body\/human-body\/brain-article\/\">the brain<\/a>\u00a0is organized, according to a new review study.<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.nationalgeographic.com\/news\/2011\/11\/111123-evolution-brain-synesthesia-taste-colors-sounds-creative-science\/?fb_ref=.TtejgqDY8yE.like&amp;fb_source=home_oneline\">For more of the article click this link.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Neural tangling called synesthesia may have creative benefits, experts say. Ker Than for\u00a0National Geographic News Published November 23, 2011 A neural condition that tangles the senses so that people hear colors and taste words could yield important clues to understanding&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/2011\/12\/08\/why-does-evolution-allow-some-people-to-taste-words\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3984\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}