synesthesia

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One benefit Lawrence attributes to his synesthesia is his “perfect pitch, †which French and DiOrio also have.

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  1. noun A condition in which one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another, as when the hearing of a sound produces the visualization of a color.
  2. noun A sensation felt in one part of the body as a result of stimulus applied to another, as in referred pain.
  3. noun The description of one kind of sense impression by using words that normally describe another.

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  • On a related note, I just interviewed Dr. Richard Cytowic over at Scientific American about his new book on synesthesia: LEHRER:In Wednesday Is Indigo Blue, you argue that investigations of synesthesia can help us better understand the neurological basis of metaphor and even creativity.
  • Having one kind of synesthesia gives a person a 50 percent chance of having a second or third kind, meaning that the gene expresses itself in two or three separate areas in that person's brain.
  • Turrell: In sensory synesthesia, one sense influences sensing in another. —  Omni: Winter 1995
  • People with synesthesia were generally imaginative and creative. —  AnalogSFF,March2006
  • Some people with synesthesia, for example, may experience sounds when they look at particular colors or colors when they hear particular sounds. —  Serendip's Exchange -
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/sɪnɛsˈθisɪə/
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