Word of the Day: SYNESTHESIA

One good sense deserves another

synesthesia (noun) - a perceptual phenomenon or condition in which the brain routes sensory information through multiple unrelated senses, such that one might see sounds or hear colors (also synaesthesia) [ sin-uhs-thee-zhee-uh]

BREAKDOWN: SYN- (together) + AESTH- (feeling) + -ESIA (condition)

• synesthetic means of, pertaining to, or experiencing synesthesia

“To reach new areas, you have to get your brain out of its comfort zone. There are various ways to do it, but I believe the easiest is by training yourself in a neurological phenomenon called synesthesia, in which the brain makes unusual associations between things like sounds, colors and emotions.” —Berit Brogaard

What does it feel like to smell colors?

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