A neurological test

I was recently watching a presentation by the renowned neurologist V.S. Ramachandran. The talk was regarding the way our neurons will malfunction due to an accident or to genetic deformations. His research has shown that human beings ALL contain a form of synesthesia. Again, with any neuroses, they are only addressed as a medical problem when extreme misfiring occurs. Good examples of this are: OCD's, Egocentrism, Complexes, etc. Human beings are innately subjected to these "disorders" but they are only in need of treatment should the neuroses interfere with the affected person's life abnormally. He explains that the portion of the brain involved with the ability to memorize and understand numbers, facial and body recognition and color processing is called the fusiform gyrus. The picture below is on the left is a diagram of the brain and where the fusiform gyrus is located.

In the lecture, Dr. Ramachandran explains that 98% of the population retains normal levels of neurological activity between the fusiform gyrus and the rest of the brain. The remaining 2% has "wiring" that is incorrectly connected, meaning the electrodes connecting the sensations of viewing colors and tasting are inadvertently intertwined. The majority of people affected by this malfunction of the brain inherit it genetically from their parents, and their parents and their parents parents.


The image on the right is a test of the cognitive process by which we create meaning out of images. These two squiggles are named KiKi & Booba. Can you tell me which on is KiKi and which one is Booba??? Scroll down after the pictures, I have the answer and the last bit of info.

Most likely you guess the squiggle on the right is KiKi and on the left is Booba. The reason your brain created the answer of KiKi being on the right is the visual stimuli registers the sharp edges in the fusiform gyrus. The image creates spikes in cognitive activity which the brains then visualizes and interprets to have a piercing sound or name. The same reasoning follows for Booba. Interestingly enough, Ramachandran says if you choose the opposite, it means your slightly more prone to synesthesia than the average human being. I am going to conduct this same test only instead of names we will guess ethnicity and the subjects will be Justin Bieber & Justin timberlake.