Search
-
- News
- Question to the brain
How can Synesthesia be explained?
Is it true that some people experience sensory impressions mixing together? How does this happen?
13.10.2024
-
- Glossary
Synesthesia
Synesthesia is the linking of two or more sensory perceptions to form a subjective sensation. For example, a synesthete might always associate the number seven with the color red. Synesthesia appears to have a hereditary component, but it can also be caused by illness (e.g., schizophrenia) or drugs (e.g., hallucinogens).
-
- Glossary
Hyperbinding
An explanatory model for the phenomenon of synesthesia. Those affected relate different aspects of perception such as shapes, colors, sounds, and smells so strongly to each other that they temporarily experience them as a single entity. To a certain extent, this "connection" occurs in all people. In synesthetes, however, it is particularly pronounced and also arises in areas of the perceptual spectrum that most people would not associate with each other.
-
- Basics
- Anatomy
The Occipital Lobe
The sophisticated interconnection of the occipital lobe demonstrates just how complex the visual process is.
28.08.2025
