Survival of the synesthesia gene: why do people hear colors and taste words?
Synesthesia is a perceptual experience in which stimuli presented through one modality will spontaneously evoke sensations in an unrelated modality. The condition occurs from increased communication between sensory regions and is involuntary, automatic, and stable over time. While synesthesia can oc...
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2011-11-01
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Series: | PLoS Biology |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22131906/?tool=EBI |