of plants and trees, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
of rainbows, [>]
of relativity, [>], [>]
sacred, [>]–[>]
of sine, cosine, and tangent waves, [>]
of sky, [>], [>], [>]
of space-time, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
of spirals, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
technology and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
of triangles, [>]–[>]
of water, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
of wave-particle duality, [>]
gibigianna (“charming woman” light reflection), [>]
God, [>]–[>]
Grasse Tyson, Neil de, [>]
gratitude, [>]
halfway savants, [>], [>]
Hameroff, Stuart, [>], [>]
Haynie, Tracy, [>]–[>]
Helen (stepmom), [>]
Helsinki, synesthesia testing in, [>]–[>]
A History of Pi (Beckmann), [>]–[>]
hormones, [>]
Hubbard, Edward M., [>]
IASP. See International Association for the Study of Pain
idiot savantism, [>]–[>]
infinity, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
innate skills, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Institute for Natural Medicine and Prevention, [>]
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), [>]
Internet
development of, [>]
Padgett’s drawings on, [>]–[>]
Islands of Genius (Treffert), [>], [>], [>]
Josipovic, Zoran, [>]
Karlinsky, Neal, [>]
Karrels, Ed, [>]
Kirschner, Alexandra, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Klüver, Heinrich, [>]–[>]
Kostiner, Naama, [>]–[>]
LaFlesh, Meredith, [>]–[>]
left brain/right brain theories, [>]–[>], [>]
light. See also quantum physics
of acceleration, [>]
of pi, [>]
reflection of, [>], [>]
through trees, [>]–[>]
wave-particle duality of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
literary synesthesia, [>]–[>]
Lockhart, Paul, [>]
Luminet, Jean-Pierre, [>]
Luria, Alexander, [>]–[>]
magnetic resonance imaging. See MRIs
Mandelbrot, Benoit, [>]–[>]
Marks, Lawrence, [>]
mathematics. See also geometry; physics
beauty of, [>]–[>]
calculus, [>], [>]
conversations, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
of fractals, [>]
geometry versus, [>]
God and, [>]–[>]
of physics, [>]
of pi, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
of Planck length, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Pythagorean Theorem, [>]–[>]
savant, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
synesthete’s, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
of triangles, [>]
Measurement (Lockhart), [>]
media coverage
of Padgett, [>]
of TBI, [>]
medical treatment and studies
BRAIN Initiative for, [>]–[>]
by Dr. Brogaard, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
by Dr. Bushell, [>]–[>]
meditation, [>]–[>]
MRIs for, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
pain management, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
by Dr. Snyder, [>]–[>], [>]
by Dr. Song, [>]–[>]
by Dr. Theise, [>]–[>]
TMS for, [>], [>]–[>]
by Dr. Treffert, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
medication. See drugs
meditation
masters, [>], [>]
Padgett’s use of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
for pain management, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
quantum perception and, [>]–[>], [>]
Melissa (ex-wife), [>]–[>]
memory
genetic, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
long-term, [>]–[>]
mnemonics, [>]–[>]
retrieval, [>], [>]–[>]
Mental Deficiency (Tredgold), [>]
Michelle (ex-girlfriend), [>]
microscopic perspective, [>], [>]
“Mike” (brother-friend), [>]–[>]
mind. See consciousness
The Mind of a Mnemonist (Luria), [>]
Mindville, [>]–[>]
mirror-touch synesthesia, [>]–[>]
mnemonics, [>]–[>]
morphine, [>]
MRIs (magnetic resonance imaging), [>], [>], [>]–[>]
muscle twitches, involuntary, [>], [>]–[>]
music
drawing to, [>]
karaoke, [>]–[>]
savants, [>], [>]–[>]
synesthesia, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Nadia (savant), [>]
nature. See also fractals
aesthetics of, [>]–[>]
creation, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
nautilus, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
OCD tendencies in, [>]
plants and trees, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
rainbows, [>]
sky, [>], [>], [>]
supernovas, [>]–[>]
water, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
nautilus, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
neuroscience
aesthetics and, [>]–[>]
of brain hemispheres, [>], [>]
BRAIN Initiative for, [>]–[>]
of brain injuries, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
consciousness and, [>]
of dorsal stream, [>]
of fasciculations, [>]
of pain management, [>]–[>]
of parietal lobe, [>]–[>], [>]
of plasticity, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
of quantum level optics, [>]–[>], [>]
of savant syndrome, [>], [>], [>], [>]
of synesthesia, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
tau protein and, [>]
of visual cortex, [>], [>]
Newcomb, Simon, [>]
Newsome, William, [>]
Nightline, [>]
nothingness, [>]
numbers
colors of, [>]–[>], [>]
geometry of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
personification of, [>]–[>]
prime, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Obama, Barack, [>]
obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
agoraphobia and trust versus, [>]
development of, [>], [>]–[>]
exposure to, [>]
feeling of, [>]–[>]
at school, [>]–[>], [>]
at work, [>]–[>]
optical physics, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Padgett, Elena
career of, [>]
dating, [>]–[>]
family of, [>]–[>]
Jason’s depression, [>]
marriage to, [>]
meeting, [>]–[>]
in New York, [>]–[>]
in Russia, [>]–[>]
trust and OCD with, [>]
Padgett, Jason. See also drawings; geometry
agoraphobia of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Alaskan oil field job of, [>]–[>]
as ambassador, [>]–[>]
Angela’s friendship to, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in art shows, [>]–[>]
assault, pre-, [>]–[>]
assault aftermath, [>]–[>]
assault of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
attackers found by, [>]
back injury of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Bushell’s discussions with, [>]–[>]
childhood and teen years of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in depression, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
diagnosis of, [>]–[>]
Dr. Brogaard’s work with, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
drawings by, [>]–[>]
education of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Elena love story with, [>]–[>]
family losses of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
with fasciculation syndrome, [>], [>]–[>]
father of, [>], [>]–[>]
friends of, [>]–[>]
Helsinki testing with Brogaard, [>]–[>]
isolation of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
math conversations with, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
media coverage of, [>]
meditation practice of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Megan’s visits with, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
with Melissa, [>]–[>]
with Michelle, [>]
microscopic perspective of, [>], [>]
morning routine of, [>]–[>]
mother of, [>], [>], [>], [>]
music enjoyed by, [>]–[>], [>]
neighborhood of, [>]
OCD development of, [>], [>]–[>]
in pain management clinic, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
panic attacks of, [>]–[>], [>]
personality changes for, [>], [>]–[>]
at Planet Futon, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
PTSD of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Russia trip by, [>]–[>]
Seaberg’s work with, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Stockholm conference participation of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
synesthesia testing of, [>]–[>]
treatment and studies of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Treffert’s meeting with, [>], [>]–[>]
yogic ability of, [>]
Padgett, Jason, Jr., [>]
Padgett, John
bipolar disorder of, [>]–[>], [>]
childhood of, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
disappearance of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Padgett, Megan
birth of, [>]
Elena and, [>]–[>], [>]
time spent with, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Padgett, Mr. (Dad), [>], [>]–[>]
pain management
colors of, [>], [>]
distraction for, [>], [>]
drugs for, [>], [>]
emotional, [>]–[>]
exercise and weight-lifting for, [>]–[>]
group therapy for, [>]–[>]
meditation for, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
neuroscience of, [>]–[>]
stress and, [>]
synesthesia and, [>]
pain-to-color synesthesia, [>]
panic attacks, [>]–[>], [>]
parallel universes, [>], [>]
parietal lobe
access to, [>]
function of, [>]–[>]
tremors and, [>]
particle fusion, [>]–[>]
patterns. See fractals
Peek, Kim, [>]
Penrose, Roger, [>]
pentagons, [>]–[>]
personality changes, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
peyote, [>]–[>]
photisms, [>]–[>]
photography, [>]–[>]
photons. See quantum physics
physics. See also quantum physics
of acceleration, [>]
calculus and, [>]
of Doppler effect, [>]
optical, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
of relativity, [>], [>], [>], [>]
of water, [>]–[>]
pi
as creation, [>]–[>]
drawing, [>]–[>]
historical utility of, [>]–[>]
as infinity, [>], [>]
measuring, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Padgett’s theory on, [>]–[>]
seeing, [>], [>]
pixels, [>]–[>]
Planck length, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Planet Futon
customer interaction at, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
leaving, [>], [>]–[>]
managing, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
OCD at, [>]–[>]
plasticity, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
prime numbers, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
psychology. See also medical treatment and studies; obsessive-compulsive disorder
bipolar disorder, [>]–[>], [>]
depression, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
drug therapy, [>]–[>]
group therapy, [>]–[>]
PTSD, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
synesthete holistic, [>]–[>]
TMS use in, [>]
Treffert’s work in savant, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
PTSD. See posttraumatic stress disorder
Pythagoras, [>]
Pythagorean Theorem, [>]–[>]
quantum physics
bubbling foam concept of, [>]–[>]
of creation, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
meditation and perception of, [>]–[>], [>]
particle fusion, [>]–[>]
space-time, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
string theory, [>]
visibility of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
wave-particle duality in, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
“Quantum Star,” [>]–[>]
Rain Man, [>], [>]
rainbows, [>]
Ramachandran, V. S., [>]
relativity, [>], [>], [>], [>]
religion, [>]–[>]
Rieke, Fred, [>]
right brain/left brain theories, [>]–[>], [>]
ringxiety, [>]
Rinpoche, Phakyab, [>]
Russia trip, [>]–[>]
sacred geometry, [>]–[>]
Sagan, Carl, [>]
savant syndrome. See also acquired savant syndrome; synesthesia
autistic, [>], [>]–[>]
defining, [>]
discovery of, [>]–[>]
examples of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
in females, [>]
halfway, [>], [>]
idiot, [>]–[>]
mathematics and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
neuroscience of, [>], [>], [>], [>]
side effects of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Treffert’s work in, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Scandinavia. See Helsinki; Stockholm
sculptors, savant, [>]–[>]
Seaberg, Maureen Ann
Padgett’s work with, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
at Stockholm consciousness conference, [>]
as synesthete, [>]–[>], [>]
Tammet’s interview by, [>]–[>]
Serrell, Orlando, [>]–[>]
Shereshevsky, Solomon Veniaminovich, [>]–[>]
side effects
pain medication, [>]
savant, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
TBI, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
sine waves, [>]
sketches. See drawings
sky, geometry of, [>], [>], [>]
Smith, Steve, [>]–[>]
Snyder, Allan, [>], [>]–[>], [>]
social skills, [>], [>]
Song, Dr. (neurologist), [>]–[>]
space-time, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
spirals, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
stem-cell plasticity, [>]–[>]
Stockholm consciousness conference
Brogaard at, [>]
Cytowic at, [>]
Day at, [>]–[>], [>]
Firman at, [>]
Hameroff at, [>], [>]
Kirschner at, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
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