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Dear Doctors: When our grandson first learned his colors, he sang them along with music. We thought he was copying that song for learning the ABCs. But when he got older, he started saying that he ...

Have you ever tasted a word, or seen colors while listening to music? If you have, you may be among the 1% to 4% of people who have a fascinating trait known as synesthesia.

Research shows that the unique sensory experience of “synesthesia” can be acquired through training, and leads to a variety of mental benefits. Vincent van Gogh, Richard Feynman, Stevie Wonder. Each ...

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Some people see numbers as always having certain colors — for example, they see the number 5 as red. A new study reveals that their eyes react as if they see those colors in the real world. The study ...

Q: Is there really a condition where someone can hear a sound and it makes them see a color? A: Yes, and that condition is called synesthesia. It will be the topic of today’s column. We have five ...

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 ...

It was 39 years ago this month -- June, 1975 -- the dawn of the modern era of interest in synesthesia. The headline read, "Synesthesia: The Lucky People With Mixed-Up Senses." The article was by one ...

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