Synesthesia is a condition where people perceive one sensory stimulus in multi-sensory modalities, such as ‘seeing’ sounds as different geometric shapes, or ‘tasting’ color as different flavors. One ...

The brains of roughly one in 2000 people, more woman than men, have a curious tendency to blend their senses: sounds have colors, words have tastes. A new study, lead by Olympia Colizoli and described ...

Summer is here. We can go to the beach and swim in the nice cool water. The soft water, the cool breeze, and the occasional jellyfish stings are what most of us will experience. But some people, when ...

For as many as 1 in 20 people, everyday experiences can elicit extra-ordinary associated sensations. The condition is known as synesthesia and the most common form involves "seeing" colors when ...

Artist Christina Eve paints music. A rare neurological condition known as synesthesia has entwined her senses, so she sees a kaleidoscope of... Artist Christina Eve has synesthesia, a rare ...

A new study has shown for the first time how people can be trained to 'see' letters of the alphabet as colors in a way that simulates how those with synesthesia experience their world. A new study has ...

We often think of synesthetes as those people who associate say, colors with numbers. But the phenomenon can occur with any of the senses. Simply put, when one sense is activated, synesthesia causes ...

Excerpted from The Language of Food: A Linguist Reads the Menu by Dan Jurafsky. Out now from W.W. Norton & Company. Could the names of some foods make them sound heavier or lighter than others? This ...