The Experience of Synesthesia



“What would be truly surprising would be to find that sound could not suggest colour, that colours could not evoke the idea of a melody, and that sound and colour were unsuitable for the translation of ideas…” Charles Baudelaire

A simple definition of synesthesia is that it is a “crosstalking” or overlapping of sensory experiences that for most people remain separate.

Researchers find a higher proportion of creative people are synesthetes…

Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. quotes neuroscientist David Eagleman from his book Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain: “For some people, there are magenta Tuesdays, tastes that have shapes and wavy green symphonies.”

Continued: Hearing in Colors, Tasting Voices: The Experience of Synesthesia.

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02.20.12   By Douglas Eby
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  • Sherilyn

    This is a very interesting subject & article. I don’t think I am a synesthete, but I have oftentimes told someone a food tastes like it smells.
    On the topic of mirror synesthesia, do you believe it could be a higher branch of empathy?


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