Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...

Ever caught a whiff of the color blue? Or tasted a symphony? If that sounds completely bonkers to you, you’re in the majority. But for a small slice of humanity, these cross-sensory experiences are ...

(via Be Smart) Did you know some people 'see' letters in color or 'taste' music? In this video, we’ll talk about synesthesia, how it works in the brain, and why some people experience these ...

Carol Steen was only seven when she discovered she was different, upon telling a classmate the letter A was the prettiest pink she'd ever seen. "She looked at me like I was crazy," she recalls. Steen ...

Some people hear colors. Some taste sounds. A few, like me, can taste everything around us. The condition of synesthesia—experiencing one or multiple senses through another sense—offers a world ...

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A self-portrait by Vincent Van Gogh. The artist is thought to have experienced synesthesia. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons) Oh, to be a synesthete, those rare people with access to an extra layer of ...