Ever taste a shape, or smell a color?

Imagine a world in which the senses fuse together; where sounds are seen and words and aromas have color; where the number 10 can be smelt, and fuchsia has flavor. That's the world of synesthesia -- loosely defined as a difficulty in distinguishing between different sensory inputs.





Synesthesia means "joined sensation," and is an automatic physical experience in which one sense triggers off an additional perception in a different sense or senses. For example, a synestheste not only sees the color red, but might "smell" it, too. In addition to being involuntary, this perception is regarded by the synesthete as real, often outside the body, instead of imagined in the mind's eye. Its reality and vividness are what make synesthesia so interesting in its violation of conventional perception.





If you would like to experience this for yourself, try virtual synesthesia!





http://web.mit.edu/synesthesia/www/virtu...

Ever taste a shape, or smell a color?
no, but I saw a smell.


like when someone smells something bad, you can see it on their faces
Reply:yes Arabian Dune! like some bad smells can leave a taste in your mouth..and i think we are talking about the same thing :D
Reply:It is a very interesting subject and a theory that has been around for some time. Tests have produced very positive outcomes even when using a control medium in the field of mental health.


Personally I always associate the colour purple with toothache.I don't know why,it may stem from some childhood experience that I don't remember.


But I always refer to a particular shade of puce purple with toothache,so much so that I can recall the pain and find myself running my tongue over my teeth whenever I see this particular shade.


Red has long been shown to cause aggression and the colour blue is pacifying, while green is synonymous with jealousy and black with evil or the unknown.


Linking the colours to tangible sensations and perceptions is the next step and colour has been proven to have healing as well as growth properties.


Whether it is in a conscious or subconscious level we all are responsive to various colours in some way.


A very interesting link and thanks for bringing it to the attention, for I think we should all make a real effort to stay in tune with the natural laws of the universe in this technological age.
Reply:i once saw on the t.v.,an old blind egyptian woman who knew the colors from touching it
Reply:I'm familiar with it. My mom is a synesthete. Sometimes I wish I were. It seems pretty cool.
Reply:ermmmmmm i'll have what she's haveing plz. lol
Reply:The world you are imagining is a world on LSD.
Reply:What's that black thing stuck between your teeth?








oh...were you chewing at the cassette tape I gave you?
Reply:I have tasted lots of shapes in my daughter's jeally beans, and as for colour well, i did smell them, on newly painted walls and paintings...lol...








Seriously, i really can't imagine this.....Subhan Allah we ya7'lek ma la t3lamoun....
Reply:I checked your web site out, that's pretty interesting, I don't have the ability to see colours but it would be nice if I could.