synesthesia

Geometric Music is a free app (download here, or fiddle online) that takes sounds recorded from your environment and…

There's an old adage about humor: Explaining a joke is like dissecting a frog. Nobody's that interested, and the…

Some people's entire lives are closed captioned. Whenever the people around them speak a word, they can see it…

You can take pictures of what you see, but what about what you hear? It is possible, using a photography trick that…

Did you know that the same kind of punched cards control both the jaunty tunes of old timey organs and the warp and…

This musical interactive transforms your keyboard into an instrument, complete with accompanying animations.

Okay, here is an addictive Friday afternoon diversion I think you're going to like: Patatap lets you make tunes and…

Unless you're a synesthete, the five senses are pretty straightforward—but designers keep on coming up with cool…

People with a condition known as synesthesia are prone to swapping their senses. They can feel colors, see music,…

Unless, that is, you're a synesthete. (You're about to experience a number through music!)

Ever wish you could see sounds? Now you can.

In the big wide world of mental disorders, synesthesia is probably one of the most interesting and least harmful.…

Do you know anybody who experiences synesthesia? Also known as "synesthetes," they're people whose cognitive…

Unless you're a synesthete, you probably don't get very many opportunities to see music. But this 3D data…

No ideas? What about a passing train — has listening to one ever evoked a specific color in your mind?

An estimated 4% of the population have synesthesia, a condition where senses become confused. People with…

Synesthesia is a concept that has always fascinated people. People have long since claimed to process colors as…

According to researchers at Frankfurt's Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research, the sight of certain swimming…

Take a look at the picture and honestly tell me which shape you would match to the word ‘bouba' and which you would…

Time Lords walk among us. Two per cent of readers may be surprised to discover that they are members of an elite…