What does Amy Beach a pianist, Franz Liszt a world famous composer, and Arthur Rumbaed a poet have in common? All three have Synesthesia. What is synesthesia? According to google, it is the production of a sense impressing relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body. Basically a condition in which one sense is preceded by one or more additional senses such as sight. There are different types of synesthesia and no clear type of way to diagnose someone with it. To this day there is no was to clearly diagnose someone with synesthesia. This is because everyone has their on unique version and it varies for everyone. Some people could have more than three senses but it is extremely rare. Dr. Richard
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They found that everone matched lighter or brighter colors to high pitched sounds and low pitched tones to darker colors. Many studies show that his condition effects 3 times as many women in the US then men, and in Europe six times as many women are effected. It is believed that the cause of this condition is due to “crossed wiring” in the brain within the Limbic system as hypothesized by Cytowic. The Limbic System supports a variety of functions including emotional behavior, motivation and olfaction. Many believe that children are born with this condition and simple loose these connection as they go trough the stages of life. As stated earlier there is no clear way to diagnose someone with Synesthesia, 1 in 3000 people have this condition. Synesthesia is a very broad word for this condition, each type of associations and combination have their own names. To be exact there are 80 different types of synesthesia. The most common form is Grapheme-color synesthesia, or colored letters and numbers. Another type of this condition is Chromesthesia, sound to color. Unlike Grapheme- color synesthesia patients, people with Chromesthesia are aware of there perception in daily life. Misophonic is sound- emotion, and Lexical- gustatory where the connection is between taste and
They found that everone matched lighter or brighter colors to high pitched sounds and low pitched tones to darker colors. Many studies show that his condition effects 3 times as many women in the US then men, and in Europe six times as many women are effected. It is believed that the cause of this condition is due to “crossed wiring” in the brain within the Limbic system as hypothesized by Cytowic. The Limbic System supports a variety of functions including emotional behavior, motivation and olfaction. Many believe that children are born with this condition and simple loose these connection as they go trough the stages of life. As stated earlier there is no clear way to diagnose someone with Synesthesia, 1 in 3000 people have this condition. Synesthesia is a very broad word for this condition, each type of associations and combination have their own names. To be exact there are 80 different types of synesthesia. The most common form is Grapheme-color synesthesia, or colored letters and numbers. Another type of this condition is Chromesthesia, sound to color. Unlike Grapheme- color synesthesia patients, people with Chromesthesia are aware of there perception in daily life. Misophonic is sound- emotion, and Lexical- gustatory where the connection is between taste and