Synesthesia is a perceptual experience in which one sensory input (like a letter or number) is automatically associated with another sensory experience (like a color or feeling). The prevalence of ...

Richard Cytowic, a pioneering researcher who returned synesthesia to mainstream science, traces the historical evolution of our understanding of the phenomenon. By Richard E. Cytowic / MIT Press ...

Synesthesia is an extraordinary neurological condition in which a person simultaneously and involuntarily perceives one sense with another. There are an estimated 35 types of synesthesia that people ...

"Synesthesia: Brain study explores what makes colors and numbers collide." ScienceDaily. www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 11 / 111117140300.htm (accessed December 29, 2025).

Cynthia Erivo has revealed that she experiences synesthesia, a neurological phenomenon where the senses can overlap. The actress shared the news during a roundtable interview with The Hollywood ...

Jason Padgett was, at best, an average math student in school. Then, he got mugged outside a karaoke joint in Tacoma and suffered a violent blow to the head. Within a couple days — before he’d ...

One lucky guy seems to be experiencing the world’s most colorful sex. His rare form of synesthesia is triggered by orgasm, causing him to briefly see the world in hues of pink. And as a teenager, ...

Some things never change—for instance, my eternal love for The Simpsons. As a kid, my favorite character was Ralph Wiggum because of his quirky, obscure references and non sequiturs. Picture Ralph, ...