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 ...

A recent study published in Consciousness and Cognition suggests that people with a unique perceptual trait called ...

Through the early history of computing, information flowed in through digital text and out through digital text. Artificial intelligence was thought by many to be science fiction or imagination. Now, ...

Brooke Bhola, 24, has always associated letters with colors. When she sees a U, it’s yellow. The letter N is light blue. And T is orange. She thought these sensations were unique to her until she ...

A new study found that synesthesia is several times more prevalent in musicians than in non-musicians. For example, synesthesia linking sound and color was present in between 0.3% and 1.3% of ...