quick & easy- neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory input leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sense- so: when one sense (or concept) is activated, another unrelated sense is activated at the same time- runs in families- Prevalence varies for different forms between less than 1% and 12%- it’s a neurodiversity- an unproblematic norm variant of the human brain
- different for every synesthete- at least 100 different forms- stable over lifetime- not a disease or deficit- famous synesthetes include van gogh, billy joel, paul mccartney, beyoncé,
pharrell williams, marylin monroe, tommi schmitt & many more