Seeing Numbers, Tasting Words
From Wikipedia:
Synesthesia […] is a neurologically based phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. People who report such experiences are known as synesthetes.
I’m always looking for more information on synaesthetic experiences as its a phenomenon that seems very difficult to effectively describe, or portray. A few weeks ago I saw a pretty good documentary exploring the science behind the phenomenon (the transcript is available on the BBC’s Science website, but not the programme itself), but I watched it I was left wanting to know more, just as I had been left wanting to know more after I was first introduced to synathaesia in secondary school by Miss Porter, my Media Studies teacher. Let me know if you’ve come across any good books, documentaries, or articles.