Have you ever tasted a word, or seen colors while listening to music? If you have, you may be among the 1% to 4% of people who have a fascinating trait known as synesthesia.

It was 39 years ago this month -- June, 1975 -- the dawn of the modern era of interest in synesthesia. The headline read, "Synesthesia: The Lucky People With Mixed-Up Senses." The article was by one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Indeed, it’s hard to know while watching the impossibly charming “Musica” where reality ends and fantasy begins, or vice-versa.

Q: Is there really a condition where someone can hear a sound and it makes them see a color? A: Yes, and that condition is called synesthesia. It will be the topic of today’s column. We have five ...

Ever since I can remember, numbers have appeared to me in specific colors. The number 2 is baby pink, 3 is sunshine yellow, 4 is royal blue-the list goes on. Its not just that they look a certain way, ...

British actress and singer Cynthia Erivo recently shared that she has a rare sensory condition called Synesthesia. The Wicked star said that due to Synesthesia, she sees colours when she listens to ...

(WJW) — Hearing music and seeing color are typically two separate sensations. But for actress Cynthia Erivo, it all comes at once. The “Wicked” and “Wicked: For Good” star recently joined a roundtable ...

There is so much in Rudy Mancuso's new film "Musica" that children of immigrants will find so familiar - the pressure to do well in school, get a real job and marry someone within the community. But ...

Pupil size in people with synesthesia changed depending on how bright or dark the perceived colors were.