👂🌈 #Synesthesia involves a cross-wiring of senses that allows some individuals to hear #colors or taste words.

Studies indicate that between 1% and 4% of the population experiences these blended perceptions due to unique #brain structures or activity. The trait occurs significantly more often in artists and musicians than in the general population.

👉 https://www.sciencealert.com/up-to-4-of-people-can-hear-colors-or-taste-words-heres-why

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Up to 4% of People Can Hear Colors or Taste Words. Here's Why.

Have you ever tasted a word, or seen colors while listening to music? If you have, you may be among the 1% to 4% of people who have a fascinating trait known as synaesthesia.

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"You know how when you see prime numbers, they appear red, but when they're twin primes, they're pink and smell like gasoline?
Raj: No.
Sheldon: Oh. I guess I'm a special boy."