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Seeing Sounds and Hearing Colors

Posted by michael on from the rhyming-with-orange dept.

somberlain writes "BBC has an interesting article about people who hear colours and see sounds. Luckily I don't have this medical condition: but which sounds do you want to colorize?" This is an old story, but just reading the woman's descriptions of her condition make it worth linking.

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  1. Further Reading by exp(pi*sqrt(163)) · · Score: 4, Informative

    I recommend The Man Who Tasted Shapes for a readable and interesting account of synesthesia.

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