Research shows that the unique sensory experience of “synesthesia” can be acquired through training, and leads to a variety of mental benefits. Vincent van Gogh, Richard Feynman, Stevie Wonder. Each ...

Cynthia Erivo, the award-winning singer and actress, was in the middle of explaining her unique experience with synesthesia when Jennifer Lawrence decided to have a little fun. Erivo had been ...

As human beings, how we perceive the world makes us unique. For some people, those perceptions are even more distinctive: they may be able to “taste words”, “feel sounds”, or “see colours when looking ...