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 ...

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David Moulton recalls his mother’s voice and describes it distinctively — not just the sound of it, but the color. “Imagine that it was scratching through silver … like the ‘Jurassic Park’ toy ...

I have a form of time–space synesthesia, so the new year arrives for me in a very physical way. I feel myself move around the ...

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 ...

Hypnosis can alter the way certain individuals information process information in their brain. A new phenomenon was identified by researchers who have successfully used hypnosis to induce a functional ...

Some people experience a crossover in senses. Known as synesthesia, it can manifest as "seeing" music in colors, or "tasting" words. Typically thought to be fairly rare in the general population, ...

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 ...

People who experience specific colors when looking at particular letters, such as seeing sky blue when shown an R, possess an unusual abundance of connections in brain areas involved in word and color ...

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One spring evening in the mid 2000s, Jonathan Jackson and Andy Linscott sat on some seaside rocks near their college campus, smoking the kind of cigarettes reserved for heartbreak. Linscott was, by ...