A study of the individual differences in attitude towards tones / by C.S. Myers and C.W. Valentine.
- Charles Samuel Myers
- Date:
- [1914?]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: A study of the individual differences in attitude towards tones / by C.S. Myers and C.W. Valentine. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(b) Symbolic associations. That the second and, especially, the third varieties of synaesthesia show a close relationship with symbolic associations, is indicated by the following illustrations; “Second pleasanter. With the first pair I had a visual image of a broad step and a small step beneath it [drawn —]; with the second I had a faint image of a fine pink colour, rich but not glaring,” “Second pleasanter. In both cases there was an image of a line. The second sound was curved and gradually went into a straight line [drawn ^—]; I followed this line, which itself was stationary.” 0. j3QQ. “First pleasanter. I had the idea of being carried away, soaring in mid-air, into a region of mysticism. The second sound gave me the idea of lines crossing, and the notion of a clash.” E. 1100 1300. “The first has a big knock and a small tone. I visualised the former by a black disc about one inch in diameter, with a white dot placed ‘at 5 o’clock’ within the disc representing the latter. The second tone had the knock and sound of equal intensity; these I visualised as two equal overlapping discs, the black disc lying to the right of the white.” fw fw* “With the first I saw two notes on paper, one above the other, thus :, with the second I saw them more widely apart.” 0. 1^. “I had rather a feeling than an image of a big stream gushing forward from behind me and pushing me on ; the primary factor was the image of my movement.” fo§‘ “Very rich, entirely covering me, like waves coming to envelope me.” W. 1000. “A watery feeling like a lake; greenish.” W. 700. “ It has the clearness of glass about it.” iV. 600 500 The first is grim and insistent. I saw a lot of spears upheld 1200 800 by jieople, and saw the glitter on the spears.” T§'og • silvery sort of sound.” “With the second, I had a visual image of a tiny silver bell in the air before me; this probably arose from the thought of a silvery sound.” wS- “With the first pair I saw two little brass balls, a little to the light of and above me, rubbing one another towards and from me.” V- “With the second I saw two separate rods or fingers.” V- Aw Sw* “I had the impression that the second contained three notes. I saw three tiny little balls, arranged in a straight line.” 7W xiw' “The first is big like a cylinder and moving quickly. The second is more like a bell, motionless but spreading out.” E. 800 1000. “The first appears as a cylinder, the second as a prism with its edge upwards.” N. 900. “Rather stupid, like a stupid parrot in the C— Zoological Gardens. I saw the parrot’s head and beak,—nothing more,—looking ‘at its silliest’.” A study of the introspective data shows that these symbolic associa¬ tions involve the compresence of either the intra-subjective aspect or](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30620715_0022.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
