Sentences with phrase «other synaesthesias»

We found that as many as 21 % of people may experience forms of this phenomenon, which makes it considerably more prevalent than other synaesthesias.

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While the effect is barely known to science, the researchers found that this «visually - evoked auditory response» (vEAR) is far more common than other types of synaesthesia — such when certain sounds elicit a specific colour — with flashing lights and motion evoking vivid sounds.

While other typical synaesthesias are estimated to have an overall prevalence of 4.4 per cent, the vEAR effect has recently gained some prominence on social media following the rise of «noisy GIFs», and in particular the «thudding pylon» GIF which received thousands of retweets.

Its prevalence may be greater than other types because auditory and visual events are much more highly correlated in nature when compared to other types of synaesthesia associated with colour and visual forms.

There is still some speculation over whether Kandinsky actually had synaesthesia or was simply influenced by reports of the phenomenon in other people.

From early scenes of a guard, outside in winter, smoking a cigarette, and hearing exhalation, to the rancor in multiple scenes of violence, McQueen uses synaesthesia better than just about any other film director around.

People affected with mirror touch synaesthesia experience a physical sense of touch on their own bodies when they see other people, or sometimes even objects, being touched.