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

Synesthesia, the neurological condition in which one sense involuntarily triggers another, produces measurable changes in the body’s autonomic nervous system, not just unusual perceptual experiences.

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 ...

Synesthesia may explain why some people can control their dreams, revealing a surprising link between perception and lucid ...

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 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 ...

Brooke Bhola, 24, has always associated letters with colors. When she sees a U, it’s yellow. The letter N is light blue. And T is orange. She thought these sensations were unique to her until she ...

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 ...

Composer and synesthete Harley Gittleman visited our institute recently to discuss his perception. Synesthesia is when you experience more than one sensory perception in response to stimulation of a ...

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 ...