32: Involuntary Gravy [Synesthesia]

The letter A is always red to some people. To others, the sound of a car horn might always smell like pie. Libby and Ruka sensually explore the rare but real condition of synesthesia.

Key Words

association area, auditory-tactile synesthesia, chromesthesia, concurrent, feed backward inhibition, grapheme-color synesthesia, inducer, lexical-gustatory synesthesia, mirror-touch synesthesia, number form, percept, pruning, sensory modality, synesthesia, synesthete

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References and Resources

• Synesthesia, Psychology Today

• Everyday fantasia: The world of synesthesia, American Psychological Association

• What is synesthesia?, Scientific American

• Synesthesia Project | FAQ, Boston University

• Peer-reviewed literature

  • Survival of the Synesthesia Gene: Why Do People Hear Colors and Taste Words?

  • Learning, Memory, and Synesthesia

  • Echoes from the past: synaesthetic colour associations reflect childhood gender stereotypes

  • Synaesthesia: a distinct entity that is an emergent feature of adaptive neurocognitive differences

  • Synesthesia and learning: a critical review and novel theory

  • Absolute Pitch and Synesthesia: Two Sides of the Same Coin? Shared and Distinct Neural Substrates of Music Listening

• Google Trends “Synesthesia” Literature Searches: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?q=%2Fm%2F04g51&date=all&geo=US

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