Synesthesia is a condition in which one sense (for example, hearing) is simultaneously perceived as if by one or more additional senses such as sight. Another form of synesthesia joins objects such as letters, shapes, numbers or people's names with a sensory perception such as smell, colour or flavour
For example, someone with synesthesia might see the word "plane" as mint green or the number "4" as dark brown. There are also people who hear sounds in response to smell, who smell in response to touch, or who feel something in response to sight.
I found this information fascinating how some people don't choose to use a different sense, they just innately associate senses together in this way. Most people don't realise that there is a name for this and also feel that it is a gift which can help them in every day life. It can't be learnt but certain factors can make it appear such as blindness, stroke or psychodelic drugs.
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/syne.html
Maybe this is where this phrase comes from!:
Don't look at me in that tone of voice it smells a funny colour.
click link to view: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENLcrbby-70
Doesn't recognise the street by vision cues, it is all done by taste, he says that if the building on the right was demolished he would get lost because he wouldn't be able to taste the sliced apples!
"who cares if the lady in the supermarket tastes like apricot, it's not that that interests me, it is where its leading to, the study of synesthesia has led to a fair greater understanding of how individuals perceive the world around them, and we all do see it in different ways"
Mundasad, S. (July 30, 2013). Word-taste synaesthesia: Tasting names, places and Anne Boleyn [Video file] [Video file]. Retrieved october 20, 2013, from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-21060207 - See more at: http://reffor.us/index.php#sthash.uMRxYuji.dpuf
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