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synaesthesia

(sĭn′ĭs-thē′zhə)

syn·es·the·si·a

(sin'es-thē'zē-ă)

A condition in which a stimulus, in addition to exciting the usual and normally located sensation, gives rise to a subjective sensation of different character or localization, e.g., color hearing, color taste.
Synonym(s): synaesthesia.

[syn- + G. aisthēsis, sensation]

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

synaesthesia

The phenomenon in which stimulations of one sense modality produces the effect of stimulation of another. Thus, a person may consistently experience a particular letter of the alphabet, or a musical tone, as a particular colour.

Collins Dictionary of Medicine © Robert M. Youngson 2004, 2005

synaesthesia

Phenomenon in which the stimulation of one of the senses produces a response from another sensory modality. Example: seeing the colour red when a particular sound is heard. See modality.

syn·es·the·si·a

(sin'es-thē'zē-ă)

A condition in which a stimulus, in addition to exciting usual and normally located sensation, gives rise to a subjective sensation of different character.
Synonym(s): synaesthesia.

[syn- + G. aisthēsis, sensation]

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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One synesthete who spoke to Medical News Today gave us a highly impressive description of her experience of color-auditory synaesthesia.

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"Going in we were actually predicting that synesthetes might have a more concrete style of thinking that does not emphasize conceptual-level relations between stimuli, given that they have very rigid parings between sensory experiences.

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She is a synesthete and the first journalist to have interviewed Itzhak Perlman, Billy Joel, and the family of Marilyn Monroe about their synesthesia.

Tasting the Universe: A Spiritual and Scientific Exploration of Synesthesia

Internet resources now available to synesthetes include not only association sites (and associations in Australia, Belgium, and the U.K.), but also online communities, articles, and reports from both popular and scientific publications, personal Web sites created by synesthetes to share their experiences, and even interactive tests that can determine synesthetic abilities.

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Visual artists are possibly the most practiced synesthetes. Their form of communication is almost always a reckoning between their thoughts and visual media.

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There was no evidence for ESP in the group as a whole, or among the controls or synesthetes; the overall effect size was d= .05, the effect size for the controls was d = -.014 and that for the synesthetes was d = -.00.

Abstracts of presented papers from the Parapsychological Association 57th Annual Convention, Concord, California, USA, August 14-17, 2014

After finding three more auditory synesthetes, she realized her dot video was synesthetically "loud." When she asked if it made a sound, one of the synesthetes responded, "How could it not?" This answer may signal why auditory synesthesia hadn't been detected by neurobiologists.

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Synesthetes are people with a brain condition that leads to a hallucinatory welding of senses.

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Known as synesthetes, these individuals may, for example, see colors when they hear music or even taste sounds.

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In basic neurological terms, synesthesia is thought to be due to cross-wiring in the brain of some people (synesthetes); in other words, synesthetes present more synaptic connections than "normal" people.

Synesthesia May Explain Healers Claims of Seeing People's 'Aura'

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