Richard Cytowic, a pioneering researcher who returned synesthesia to mainstream science, traces the historical evolution of our understanding of the phenomenon. By Richard E. Cytowic / MIT Press ...

Some are born with enhanced senses. The rest of us can learn. The science of synesthesia and super sensors Joy Milne, a Scottish nurse, met her husband Les in high school. Nearly 15 years after they ...

Vladimir Nabokov first noticed, at age 7, his special gift of synesthesia when playing with colorful alphabet blocks that "were all the wrong color." Source: Contributor: Neil Overy/Alamy Stock Photo.

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon that causes multiple senses to mix. For some synesthetes, time isn’t just a ticking clock, but rather ...

Some people see numbers as always having certain colors — for example, they see the number 5 as red. A new study reveals that their eyes react as if they see those colors in the real world. The study ...

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 ...

A team of epidemiologists and neurologists from Karolinska Institutet, Tilburg University and the University of Gothenburg has found a possible genetic link between synesthesia and autism. In their ...

We explore the world of color — from how we perceive it, to efforts to describe and differentiate its many shades.

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Listen 46:21 Joy Milne, a Scottish ...