Synesthesia And The Mind
The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.
~ W. B. Yeats
Dr. Berit Oskar Brogaard - is a Danish and American philosopher specializing in the areas of cognitive neuroscience, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language. Her recent work concerns synesthesia, savant syndrome, blindsight and perceptual reports. She is Professor of Philosophy and runs a perception lab at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida.[1][2]

After co-authoring The Superhuman Mind, which is about how ordinary individuals can change their minds and brains, she continued looking at how we can bring about positive changes not just in the area of extraordinary abilities but also to mood, personality and the meaning of life. Brit has a different take on improved connections with the concept of synesthesia to improve mindset from direct experience with challenging life travels.

Ed Note: Synesthesia is a favorite concept I've referenced over the years and Brit takes it's application to a much deeper level.
Brief Introduction
The limits of my language means the limits of my world.
~ Ludwig Wittgenstien
Brogaard was born and raised in Copenhagen. From an early age, she excelled at physics, mathematics, and biology, eventually completing her undergraduate education at the University of Copenhagen with a bachelor's degree in linguistics and philosophy. 

Upon completion of her degrees in Copenhagen she studied linguistics and philosophy at the University at Buffalo, where she obtained her Ph.D. with Barry Smith as her supervisor. She was a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Consciousness and the Philosophy Program directed by David Chalmers at Australian National University from 2007 to 2009,[4] and her first tenure-track position was at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, from 2001 to 2005.