«Perhaps most importantly, the results showed both definite similarities and clear differences to naturally
occurring synesthesia.
Not exact matches
This discovery also explains why sensory interferences, including
synesthesias and hallucinations, can
occur in people suffering from neurodevelopmental disorders such as autism or schizophrenia.
Psychologists and neuroscientists study
synesthesia not only for its inherent interest, but also for the insights it may give into cognitive and perceptual processes that
occur in everyone, synesthete and non-synesthete alike.
This phenomenon is known as
synesthesia, which is often deemed a neurological condition, and
occurs when the stimulation of one sense leads to automatic, involuntary stimulation in another sense.