synesthesia
noun
syn·es·the·sia
ˌsi-nəs-ˈthē-zh(ē-)ə 
1
: a concomitant sensation
especially
: a subjective sensation or image of a sense (as of color) other than the one (as of sound) being stimulated
2
: the condition marked by the experience of such sensations
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Ticker-tape synesthesia is so obscure that some synesthesia researchers, including Price, became aware of it only after coming across anecdotal reports.
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Emily Makowski, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2024
Williams has been outspoken about his lifelong experience as an artist who has sound-color synesthesia — an innate way of perceiving music to color to illustrate a deeper visual story.
—Malik Peay, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
It could be argued that Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge, and his team are attempting to create a kind of synesthesia (a neurological condition in which stimulation of one sensory pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second one) through smell, sound, and sight.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 May 2024
Cuarón also has synesthesia, a phenomenon where someone experiences two senses in conjunction.
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
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Emily Makowski, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2024
Williams has been outspoken about his lifelong experience as an artist who has sound-color synesthesia — an innate way of perceiving music to color to illustrate a deeper visual story.
—Malik Peay, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 June 2024
It could be argued that Andrew Bolton, Curator in Charge, and his team are attempting to create a kind of synesthesia (a neurological condition in which stimulation of one sensory pathway leads to involuntary experiences in a second one) through smell, sound, and sight.
—Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 May 2024
Cuarón also has synesthesia, a phenomenon where someone experiences two senses in conjunction.
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
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synesthesia
noun
syn·es·the·sia
variants
or chiefly British synaesthesia
: a concomitant sensation and especially a subjective sensation or image of a sense (as of color) other than the one (as of sound) being stimulated
also
: the condition marked by the experience of such sensations
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