Word of the Day # 4, Week # 13 - Synesthesia

Synesthesia: a perceptual phenomenon involving unusual combinations of cognitive and sensory pathways.

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[gretchenschlager]

Wow! I don't have this but I have heard it described. I didn't know there was a word for it. Thanks!

[Alexandra_Stone]

Something strange happens with me more and more as I age which seems to be synesthesia releated… the first was when I was in my mid 20s and the word “white” appeared as my go to word for cold water. This still happens but with so many other words now which are all related to senses. I want to say see instead of smell, touch instead of taste, hear instead of feel etc. Sometimes it can gets quite abstract and the connection isn’t so direct, but it’s always connected by mixing up senses. So weird. Or maybe I’m just going senile!

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[evillemike]

OK, you got me on that one. The only context in which I know synesthesia is when somebody feels sensation in a part of his body that's been removed - eg: an amputated leg.
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