Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have shed new light on synesthesia – the effect of hearing colours, seeing sounds and other cross-sensory phenomena.
Lead Researcher, ANU Research School of Psychology’s Dr Stephanie Goodhew, said the research found synaesthetes had much stronger mental associations between related concepts.
“For them words like ‘doctor’ and ‘nurse’ are very closely associated, where ‘doctor’ and ‘table’ are very unrelated. Much more so than for people without the condition,” she said.
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