People Who See Color in Sounds


	People Who See Color in Sounds

chestnut501

2-9-2009 9:49 PM

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science, neurology, genocic, synesthesia, hearing, sight

chestnut501 says:

Synesthesia

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2-10-2009 8:10 AM

Moliticon

Wow - that hasn't happened to me since 1968

2-10-2009 9:11 AM

chestnut501

I not only saw colors, I saw trails too.

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sees it. The sounds of a violin make him see a rich burgundy color, shiny and 
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<P _extended="true">Asher, a researcher in the department of genomic medicine at 
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condition in which people experience a mixing of their senses. People with the 
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