Weird links with words and colours in the mind

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10:00 23 August 04



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Synaesthesia, a condition in which people make weird sensory associations, may rely more on the plasticity of the brain than on any genetic predisposition. This might mean that all of us are capable of having a synaesthetic experience.

People with synaesthesia often say that letters, words and numbers have innate colours. Even when tested years later, their associations remain consistent. But no one really knows why or how these odd associations form.

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