Pupil size in people with synesthesia changed depending on how bright or dark the perceived colors were.

A recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition suggests that people with a unique perceptual trait called synesthesia tend to experience different thematic patterns in their dreams compared ...

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to see sound or smell color? It sounds absurd, but believe it or not, it’s totally possible for people with synesthesia — a term used to describe the simultaneous ...

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 ...

Q: 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 “hears” the ...

People with color-grapheme synesthesia experience color when viewing written letters or numerals, usually with a particular color evoked by each grapheme (i.e., the letter 'A' evokes the color red).

A self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh. The artist is thought to have experienced synesthesia. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) Oh, to be a synesthete, those rare people with access to an extra layer of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new video editing trend known as “X is Red, Yellow, Green, Blue” (or “Thing is Red, Yellow, Green, Blue”) is introducing people ...

Synesthesia, present in 2-4% of the global population and poetically translated as a “joining of the senses," is one of the most artistically darling mental conditions. It manifests differently in ...

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 ...