Family members with the condition known as synesthesia may both experience the word Wednesday as a color--but not the same color. If you're enjoying this article, consider supporting our award-winning ...

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Synesthesia is a rare nonpathological phenomenon where stimulation of one sense automatically provokes a secondary perception in another. Hypothesized to result from differences in cortical wiring ...

Rapper Kanye West’s latest raucous rant crescendoed to the topic of synesthesia. Speaking on Thursday’s episode of “Ellen,” the ever-outspoken rapper credited his artistic genius to the neurological ...

Daniel Tammet has memorized Pi to the 22,514th digit. He speaks ten different languages, including one of his own invention, and he can multiply enormous sums in his head within a matter of seconds.

The Palmer Lab for Visual Aesthetics at the University of California, Berkeley, is one of the premier research institutions in our nation studying visual perception and aesthetics -- and therein, the ...

Since Albert Hoffman discovered LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) in 1938 and hippie culture made it a popular social drug in the 1960s, its psychedelic effects on the brain have been a source of ...