Can you see sounds? Smell letters? Feel colours? Synesthesia is a condition that links people’s senses, so some people in the word can actually do this! We discuss the science behind this (not so) super power...


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References and Further Reading 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222625/
https://www.livescience.com/amp/60707-what-is-synesthesia.html
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222625/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22521474/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25704836/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30639511/
https://www.apa.org/monitor/mar01/synesthesia
https://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/syne.html
https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=mLTcmQ6q8N4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA193&dq=synesthesia&ots=OJfyHDr4X8&sig=CmEj_UTFrQxV8b-G0Z7qztl69yQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=synesthesia&f=false
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627305008354
https://books.google.co.uk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=fl6wX4xzb_kC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=synesthesia&ots=ij8szIR8qx&sig=OALdWaszN2KSCwgXZ4Yut4cN4Lk&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=synesthesia&f=false
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22747246/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29188078/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25545055/
https://www.livescience.com/60707-what-is-synesthesia.html
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/what-is-synesthesia/
https://www.psychologytoday.com/gb/basics/synesthesia
https://www.britannica.com/science/synesthesia



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