Relatives of 11-year-old Deepti Regmi believe that she has a divine gift. In fact, everything is a little more prosaic, but agree, it sounds beautiful?
For the time being. At some point, relatives began to notice that Deepti perceives the world around him differently from other people. For example, even with a blindfold, she is able to accurately determine the color of an object by holding it to her face. But not to try to see through the fabric that covers the eyes, no. And in order to … smell!
Moreover, Deepti can even read without opening his eyes. She simply runs her finger over the paper – and it is as if she feels the letters on her skin. But this is not Braille, this is an ordinary newspaper for the sighted. Or even a note scrawled right there on a piece of paper.
Deepti Regmi, unique girl, left
For the first time, Deepti realized that she had a special gift, a year ago. The girl was not scared. On the contrary, she began to develop her ability.
“Despite his very young age, Deepti feels his responsibility to society,” said a journalist who tested the girl’s talent on camera. “She wants to help visually impaired people, because it will become much easier for them to live if they can develop a similar skill in themselves.”
Parents are delighted with the girl. Not only is Dipty unique, but she is also a great student. Relatives believe that Dipty’s ability is neither more nor less, but a divine gift. Scientists, however, think a little differently. Science calls people like the Nepalese unique synesthetics.
Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon due to which people perceive objects not only along with their obvious characteristics, but also ascribe their own to them. They can see sounds, smell colors, taste numbers. The brain of synesthetics works in such a way that the sensations experienced by one organ evoke a response not only in the area of the brain responsible for, for example, vision, but also in the neighboring one. Responsible for the sense of smell, for example. So it turns out that for a person, color also takes on a smell: blue can smell like nuts, and red can smell like candy.