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 ...

There is a new resource available for parents and educators working with young synesthetes: an online synesthesia "tool kit." Built by the Multisense Synaesthesia Research Lab, directed by Professor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

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.

Synesthesia is a remarkable blending of senses that, in most people, are separate and distinct. While those of us born without the trait may say metaphorically, "This wine tastes wonderfully dry" or ...

The number “6” is a bright shade of pink. Listening to a cello smells like chocolate. And eating a slice of pizza creates a tickling sensation on the back of your neck. If you have experiences like ...

As human beings, how we perceive the world makes us unique. For some people, those perceptions are even more distinctive: they may be able to “taste words”, “feel sounds”, or “see colours when looking ...

Do you hear the dots moving when you watch the video? Then let us know in the comments below. It sounds like a Zen conundrum: what is the sound of dots moving? Most of us can’t answer that ...

People with synesthesia experience the sensory world in a unique way — for example, they "taste" words or "hear" colors. Now, new research suggests that people who learn a second language but aren't ...

Neuroscientists at Emory University 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 ...