Lit Review: Synaesthesia

Synaesthesia describes how our senses work together. As we know green may be evocative of the smell of grass, lemon yellow may evoke a sour taste. Normally, each sense has a pathway to our brain. Every path is linked to each other.


However, in some case, a cross over from one pathway to the other might be occurred. For example, seeing the color yellow-green may remind sourness, pink may evoke sweetness. Seeing the color grey may induce people to think about smell of smoking.


Moreover, everyone has degree of synaesthesia. Feeling of person with a strong sense of synaesthesia senses is different from a normal person. For example, a color might have a Taste, a sound might be Felt, and a food might be Heard.

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