If you ask Emma Anders about the number five, she’ll tell you that it’s red. She’ll also tell you that five is a mischievous, self-centered brat — like a kid throwing a temper tantrum at a party. “Two ...

A new video editing trend known as “X is Red, Yellow, Green, Blue” (or “Thing is Red, Yellow, Green, Blue”) is introducing people to the concept of synesthesia. According to experts, synesthesia is ...

Conventional wisdom says that synesthesia is innate -- you're either born with the condition or you're not, end of story. If you happen not to have been born that way but would really, really love to ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. Imagine what the world would be like if numbers had specific spatial locations, music had shapes, or colors made ...

David Moulton recalls his mother’s voice and describes it distinctively — not just the sound of it, but the color. “Imagine that it was scratching through silver … like the ‘Jurassic Park’ toy ...

People with synesthesia experience the sensory world in a unique way — for example, they "taste" words or "hear" colors. Now, new research suggests that people who learn a second language but aren't ...

Ever since I can remember, numbers have appeared to me in specific colors. The number 2 is baby pink, 3 is sunshine yellow, 4 is royal blue-the list goes on. It’s not just that they look a certain way ...

Each person's perception is individually unique and subjective (Cytowic 2018.) Anesthesia is the phenomenon of no sensation. Synesthesia is the phenomenon of multiple sensations. Human senses include ...

Daniel Tammet has memorized Pi to the 22,514th digit. He speaks ten different languages, including one of his own invention, and he can multiply enormous sums in his head within a matter of seconds.

James Charles’ singing voice tastes like $5 vodka in a plastic bottle. This is not a metaphor—this is literally what TikTok user @tessfstevens tastes when she listens to the internet personality belt ...

Jeremy Sicile-Kira, who lives in San Diego, is also nonverbal. Jeremy Sicile-Kira, a non-verbal man with autism and synesthesia, discovered his ability to paint, which helps him reach people. Jeremy ...