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 ...

Daniel Tammet has memorized Pi to the 22,514th digit. He speaks ten different languages, including one of his own invention, and he can multiply enormous sums in his head within a matter of seconds.

Synesthesia is a rare nonpathological phenomenon where stimulation of one sense automatically provokes a secondary perception in another. Hypothesized to result from differences in cortical wiring ...

For as long as she can remember, Bernadette Sheridan doesn't just hear words, she sees them. Growing up, she thought everyone visualized each number and letter as a different color of the rainbow. It ...

Wherever I see the color ’4,’ it glows orange in my mind’s eye. I still see it as black on a white page but I know, somewhere deep down, that it’s really orange. It’s the same way I know that 7 is ...

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 ...

TikTokers with synesthesia have stirred up a trend linking colors to names. And now, even people who don't have the condition can get in on the action. According to Psychology Today, synesthesia is a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman with synesthesia created a program that allows you to see your name through her eyes. Synesthesia is a neurological ...