Vladimir Nabokov first noticed, at age 7, his special gift of synesthesia when playing with colorful alphabet blocks that "were all the wrong color." Source: Contributor: Neil Overy/Alamy Stock Photo.

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 ...

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 ...

Rudy Mancuso knew that he wanted to tell as authentic a story as possible in the Amazon Prime Video made-for-TV movie “Musica,” his romantic comedy, quasi-musical, semi-autobiograhical, coming-of-age ...

When Kanye West told Ellen DeGeneres he could "see sounds" in 2016, he was deadly serious. Kanye is part of the cult of synesthesia, a psychological phenomenon that counts geniuses like Pharrell, ...

For as long as Connor “Cassidy” Boyd can remember, the sounds of bird songs have prompted visions of circles, and Boyd would see flashes of red when someone sounded the letter “A.” Growing up as ...

A local music teacher has become one of the most successful choir directors in greater Cincinnati. She credits her rare neurological condition as one of the keys to her success. "For me, it's one of ...

We often think of synesthetes as those people who associate say, colors with numbers. But the phenomenon can occur with any of the senses. Simply put, when one sense is activated, synesthesia causes ...

LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- Lakewood High School junior Ari Frischauf turned to a familiar topic when tasked with entering the New York Times STEM Essay Writing Contest. “I have synesthesia, so it’s something ...