Tasty words, colorful sounds: How people with synesthesia experience the world, with Julia Simner, PhD
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More than 4% of people have some form of synesthesia, a neurological condition that causes senses to link and merge. People with synesthesia may taste words, hear colors, or see calendar dates arrayed in physical space. Dr. Julia Simner, University of Sussex, discusses the many forms of synesthesia, how synesthetes experience the world, and what scientists have learned from brain imaging studies about synesthesia. Listener Survey - https://www.apa.org/podcastsurvey
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