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 ...

In the 19th century, Francis Galton noted that certain people who were otherwise normal "saw" every number or letter tinged with a particular color, even though it was written in black ink. For the ...

Synesthesia is a neurological condition that causes the overlapping of the senses. That means synesthetes have combined senses that make them hear colors or see words. According to Psychology Today, ...

An artist and designer created an online tool that shows you the color of your name -- based on a rare sensory trait. It's called synesthesia, and only about 4 percent of the population have this ...

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 ...

Brooke Bhola, 24, has always associated letters with colors. When she sees a U, it’s yellow. The letter N is light blue. And T is orange. She thought these sensations were unique to her until she ...

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 ...