grapheme-color

A psychological phenomenon known as "grapheme-color synaesthesia" describes individuals who experience vivid colors whenever they see, hear, or think of ordinary letters and digits.

September 18th, 2007 2007

I have music-color and grapheme-color synesthesia.

Synesthesia: the Flavor of Music, the Color of Touch Heather McDougal 2007

As one person says, of her grapheme-color perceptions, "I thought this was caused by me over-thinking things."

Synesthesia: the Flavor of Music, the Color of Touch Heather McDougal 2007

As one person says, of her grapheme-color perceptions, "I thought this was caused by me over-thinking things."

Archive 2007-10-01 Heather McDougal 2007

Although grapheme-color synesthesia affects only about 1 percent of the population, the research provides clues into how the visual cortex works.

NYT > Home Page By SINDYA N. BHANOO 2011

It seems like this documentary primarily refers to grapheme-color synesthesia, and I've noticed that many people tend to use the general term 'synesthesia' when describing the specific grapheme-color variation.

Boing Boing xeni@xeni.net (Boing Boing Video 2010

There are many types of synesthesia, such as the most common type, grapheme-color synesthesia, in which numbers or letters are always associated with colors, so the number eight might always appear orange, for example, or the word train may always look blue.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009

There are many types of synesthesia, such as the most common type, grapheme-color synesthesia, in which numbers or letters are always associated with colors, so the number eight might always appear orange, for example, or the word train may always look blue.

PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2009