What is Synesthesia?

syn·es·the·sia

noun

a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?

Have you ever felt like colors had sounds? Or tastes had colors or sounds?

Synthesthesia is a term for when stimuli has mixed sensations associated to it for an individual that only they can experience.

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