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 ...

Scientists are still learning about how we gain the ability to read and write. One team of researchers has turned to an unusual group of people to study the mechanisms behind various learning ...

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. Synesthesia is a ...

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Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Some people hear colors. Some taste sounds. A few, like me, can taste everything around us. The condition of synesthesia—experiencing one or multiple senses through another sense—offers a world ...

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