Although the prevalence of synaesthesia varies in different studies, Even if the majority of them do not know it! It is also quite common for people with synesthesia to discover it by chance. Could you even have synesthesia?
"To write an" R ", what you have to do is first draw a" P "and add a diagonal line. I really liked the fact that by simply adding a line, you could turn a yellow letter into an orange letter, and I talked to my mother about it as something normal. - An orange letter? Yellow? But my daughter you are crazy! What are you talking about ! - Well yes you know, the colors of the letters ... Since as far as I can remember, each letter of the alphabet had a different color, just like each number. The colors of the letters, words and numbers were as distinct as their shapes. And I thought that everyone saw them as I saw them, that everyone had the same perception as me. "
For synesthetes, people with synesthesia, it is perfectly normal for each letter of the alphabet, each word and each number to have a color. For them, seeing an "R" in orange or a "Monday" in blue is as normal as seeing red cherries and green grass.
Imagine an entirely different way of perceiving reality? We have all learned in school that there are five senses, hearing, sight, taste, touch and smell. In theory, these senses are all perceived by a different organ. But, what would happen if by touching a certain surface we also heard a sound? How would we see the world if our senses intermingled? Would it be an advantage or would it plunge us into total chaos? Keep reading and you will discover a completely different world
What is synesthesia? Definition
The word synesthesia comes to us etymologically from the Greek, the word "aithesis" which means sensitivity or perception and the prefix "syn" which means together, which we could literally translate as "mixed perceptions" for example.
Synesthesia is a phenomenon that is the result of a sensory perception of two distinct senses simultaneously . These two senses are associated and interconnected. For instance, listening to music as we would see colors (or would feel odors), or we saw letters, words, names or numbers we would associate them with colors determined , and this may involved any of our five senses.
A synesthetic person will probably experience many of these phenomena. In general, two of our five senses are involved in a phenomenon of synesthesia, but in rare cases, three of our senses may be involved. This phenomenon particularly affects women, who are three to five times more likely to have synesthesia, although we do not know the cause.
This is also the case of left-handed people. This is a hereditary trait, which seems to be associated with the X chromosome, and if someone in your family has synesthesia, you're more likely than the average to have it too. This phenomenon is also common among people with autism. It is more widespread than originally thought. Today, the figure of 4% of the population is advanced.
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