08 THE PhD EDITION - Corin & Clara on studying synesthesia as PhD's

Let's talk Synaesthesia - A podcast by Maike Preißing

It's the PhD-Edition! Corin Anderson and Clara Isabelle Soto Rodriguez, two synesthetes from different parts of the world decided to study synesthesia and to dedicated their PhD to it. We hear both their stories of having synesthesia and what their theses are about: Corin Anderson is Scottish and a PhD student at the Edinburgh Napier University in the UK. His researched topic is called "A compositional exploration of Auditory-Visual-Synaesthesia". On instagram you can find him under @musiccoriander. AND he's also the clever brain behind the sounds used in this podcast. Thank you so much for the collaboration, Corin! Clara Isabelle Soto Rodriguez is Mexican and a PhD student at the Universidad de Guanajuato in Mexico. Her thesis is a "comparative analysis similarities in colored auditions: case study as a reference towards an understanding of musical synesthesia and the neural mechanisms of human multisensory perception" . You can find Clara on instagram under @claraisabellee. Expert-Information by Dr Duncan Carmichael, Psychology lecturer at Napier University, Edinburgh Connect with Maike: Instagram/TikTok: @synesthes_a Website: synesthesia.at E-Mail: [email protected]