Synaesthesia and sign language research project (BSL/ASL)

[Kearsy Cormier]

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> From: Joanna Atkinson Hearn <joanna.atkinson at ucl.ac.uk>
> Date: 27 March 2009 16:06:25 GMT
> To: Kearsy Cormier <k.cormier at ucl.ac.uk>
> Subject: Synaesthesia and sign language research project (BSL/ASL)
>
>
>
> Are you Deaf? Or are you a hearing person who can sign? Do you see  
> colours when you read printed letters or see signs such as  
> fingerspelling or numbers? If so, you may have synaesthesia.
>
> The University of Sussex and the Deafness, Cognition and Language  
> Research Centre (DCAL) at University College London, UK are  
> conducting research into synaesthesia, where people have extra  
> perceptions such as colours for letters, or tastes for words. The  
> type we are looking at is called Sign-to-Colour where people see  
> colours when they sign or see others sign.
>
> Even if you don't see colours from signs but are interested in  
> finding out more please read on. We are looking for both Deaf and  
> hearing signers of either British Sign Language (BSL) or American  
> Sign Language (ASL) to take part in an online experiment into  
> synaesthesia and sign language.
>
> The researcher Tanya Lyons is a psychology student at the  
> University of Sussex, UK conducting the project as her  
> undergraduate dissertation research. Her findings will form a pilot  
> for a larger scale project.
>
> Would you like to participate in this online study?
> We need both people who can see colours from signs and people who  
> can’t see colours from signs to help with this research.
>
> We need both Deaf and hearing signers of either BSL or ASL.
>
> The experiment is online. You can select either BSL or ASL (or both  
> if you know both). You will be shown film clips of individual  
> fingerspelled letters and signed numbers.
>
> For each signed letter or number, you will need to choose a colour  
> from the chart. If you see colours naturally please select the  
> nearest colour from the chart. If  you don’t see colours naturally,  
> choose a colour that first comes to mind.
>
> Instructions
>
> Written English, BSL, ASL and pictorial instructions below:
>
> Click here to go to experiment: http://www.synesthete.org/? 
> remail=tll22 at sussex.ac.uk
>
>  1.  Register & log in
>  2.  Tick box to say you understand that the experiment is  
> voluntary and that you can stop and withdraw at any time.
>  3.  Find American Sign Language colour or British Sign Language  
> colour on the synaesthesia list. Tick the one that you use.
>
>  1.  The task will take about 15 minutes. Remember even if you  
> don’t see colours naturally when you see signs, choose the first  
> colour that comes to mind.
>  2.  You can see your score at the end.
>  3.  I will send you a link to a questionnaire via email. Please  
> fill this in as soon as you can.
>
> ASL instructions here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZHfy-sjE5w
>
> BSL instructions here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZleMo0q7wGI
>
> Visual pictorial instructions here: http://www.youtube.com/watch? 
> v=cLCj45OwCVw
>
> Thank you for your time and help with this research.
>
> Contact
>
> Please contact Tanya Lyons  tll22 at sussex.ac.uk with any questions.
>
> If you would like to know more about synaesthesia and synaethesia  
> research: www.syn.sussex.ac.uk
>
> If you would like to know more about sign language research at  
> DCAL: www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk or contact joanna.atkinson at ucl.ac.uk
>

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