In the first long-term study on grapheme-color synesthesia, researchers followed 80 children, including 8 synesthetes, to determine when and how associations between graphemes and colors develop. What ...

People with color-grapheme synesthesia experience color when viewing written letters or numerals, usually with a particular color evoked by each grapheme (i.e., the letter 'A' evokes the color red).

Synesthesia is a condition in which sensory input from one cognitive stream gives rise to experience in another unstimulated cognitive stream. The most common forms of synesthesia include ...

Synesthesia is a perceptual experience in which one sensory input (like a letter or number) is automatically associated with another sensory experience (like a color or feeling). The prevalence of ...

Synesthesia is a neurological condition that causes the overlapping of the senses. That means synesthetes have combined senses that make them hear colors or see words. According to Psychology Today, ...

Emily looked strangely at her good friend Mackenzie when Mackenzie one day remarked, “You have a really pretty phone number.” Emily, of course, had no idea what her friend meant — until Mackenzie ...

If I told you the letter “G” is red, you might be confused. But if you had what’s called grapheme-color synesthesia (GC), there’s a good chance you’d argue I’m wrong. That’s because many people who ...

To most readers, this text looks black and white. But to a few, each letter possesses a different color, and reading becomes more than what’s in black and white. Those who read in color live with ...

What colour is H? Is 4 brighter than 9? For most people these questions might seem baffling, but not for people with grapheme-color synesthesia. In the first long-term childhood study on ...