Discover the fascinating world of synesthesia, where senses intertwine, allowing unique perceptions like tasting words and ...

A psychological phenomenon known as "grapheme-color synesthesia" describes individuals who experience vivid colors whenever they see, hear, or think of ordinary letters and digits. New research adds ...

They are a ubiquitous childhood toy: alphabet fridge magnets. You may remember some from your own childhood, though they probably weren’t your most beloved of games. But for some people, especially ...

Ever since I can remember, numbers have appeared to me in specific colors. The number 2 is baby pink, 3 is sunshine yellow, 4 is royal blue-the list goes on. Its not just that they look a certain way, ...

People with an unusual condition called synesthesia, which makes them experience a "mixing" of their senses, may automatically form stronger mental links between the sound of a word and the image that ...

While Nathan Witthoft was earning his PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he met a woman with color-grapheme synesthesia, a neurological condition where people see letters and numbers in ...

Neuroscientists have found that people who experience a mixing of the senses, known as synesthesia, are more sensitive to associations everyone has between the sounds of words and visual shapes.

Conventional wisdom says that synesthesia is innate -- you're either born with the condition or you're not, end of story. If you happen not to have been born that way but would really, really love to ...

To Carol Steen, the number five is yellow, Thursdays are dark burgundy and the elevator bell of her apartment rings in an "amazingly bright magenta." As someone with synesthesia, a neurological ...

Not everyone's senses are separate. Those with the neurological condition can hear colors, feel sounds and even see time as different points in space. When Bernadette Sheridan hears your name, she ...