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.

NO ONE, IT seemed, knew what the patient clutching the stuffed blue bunny was feeling. At 33, he looked like a bewildered boy, staring at the doctors who crowded into his room in Massachusetts General ...

One night while working the night shift, Megan Pohlmann, 30, scrubbed her hands vigorously, snapped on a pair of blue gloves, and walked into the intensive care unit at St. Louis Children’s Hospital ...

Mirror-touch synesthesia (MTS) is a condition that approximately two in 100 people have, and it involves of physically feeling something that is happening to someone else. New research investigates ...

Researchers reveal new information about mirror-touch synesthesia based on one of the largest studies of its kind. When a student in a University of Delaware study watched a video of someone else's ...

When you think of synesthesia, you probably think of someone who “hears” colors or “sees” sound. But the brain’s unusual cross-wiring can take on some more surprising forms, too. People with ...

Two weeks ago I was invited to speak on synesthesia at New Dorp High School, a public school in New York City, by an award-winning science teacher, Theresa Kutza. Ms. Kutza had learned about my work ...

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 ...

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 ...