Synesthesia

GPTKB entity

Statements (56)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf neurological disorder
perceptual phenomenon
gptkbp:associatedWith increased connectivity between brain regions
gptkbp:can_enhance creativity
memory
gptkbp:canBe hereditary
transient
acquired
permanent
developmental
drug-induced
gptkbp:compatibleWith hallucination
mental illness
gptkbp:defines a condition in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway
gptkbp:depicts gptkb:art
gptkb:literature
gptkb:music
gptkbp:diagnosedBy self-report and consistency tests
gptkbp:etymology from Greek 'syn' (together) and 'aisthesis' (sensation)
gptkbp:famous_synesthetes gptkb:Duke_Ellington
gptkb:Stevie_Wonder
gptkb:Vladimir_Nabokov
gptkb:Wassily_Kandinsky
gptkb:Pharrell_Williams
gptkbp:firstDescribed gptkb:Georg_Tobias_Ludwig_Sachs
1812
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Synesthesia
gptkbp:is_more_common_in gptkb:women
left-handed people
gptkbp:mayInclude seeing colors when hearing music
tasting words
associating numbers with personalities
feeling shapes when hearing sounds
gptkbp:not_considered a disorder
gptkbp:prevalence estimated 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 23 people
gptkbp:relatedTo cross-modal perception
multisensory integration
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Simon_Baron-Cohen
gptkb:Richard_Cytowic
gptkb:Vilayanur_S._Ramachandran
neuroscience
psychology
gptkbp:subspecies associator synesthesia
projector synesthesia
gptkbp:triggeredBy sensory deprivation
psychedelic drugs
brain injury
gptkbp:type gptkb:chromesthesia
grapheme-color synesthesia
lexical-gustatory synesthesia
spatial sequence synesthesia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:EZ_Rollers
gptkb:Hallucinogen
gptkb:Absolute_Pitch
gptkb:Peter_Himmelman
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6