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Synesthesia is when a normal sensory input elicits sensation normally associated with a different sensory modality, for example seeing certain colors when hearing certain sounds.
I became interested in this years ago when I read "The mind of a mnemonist" by AR Luria, which described a synesthete with a photographic memory..
Unusual neuronal connections are usually thought to underlie this.
Here is a Science mag news story about a study comparing protein coding genes in synesthetes vs. non-synesthetes as lead to identifying 37 genes associated with synesthesia. Several of these genes are accosiated with neuronal development.
I became interested in this years ago when I read "The mind of a mnemonist" by AR Luria, which described a synesthete with a photographic memory..
Unusual neuronal connections are usually thought to underlie this.
Here is a Science mag news story about a study comparing protein coding genes in synesthetes vs. non-synesthetes as lead to identifying 37 genes associated with synesthesia. Several of these genes are accosiated with neuronal development.
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