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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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, ...