What Is Synesthesia?[2010MAPS Film School]

A short documentary about synesthesia - a condition where the senses mix, intertwine and merge, and are co-associated at different levels.
A MAPS Film School production [2010]

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Science & Technology

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[sundropsprite]

I have Ordinal Lingustic Personification. Its were you assoitate a number or letter with a personaltie and gender. Mine is really odd. I also have colors for Numbers but only some that are up to 10 and thats it. I aslo assoitate music,planets,houses,cars,soun­ds, and every object in a room with a personaltie and gender. Its always been this way as far as I can rember.

[twiandhamlover12]

the piece that the boy played close to the end was light purple and yellow

[xAcousticLullabyx]

Do people with this condition also see colors around people? Or ever say a certain person is a certain color?

[wolflover8765]

If you're an associator, does acupuncture affect you? Or is only when you are a projector?

Thanks!

[mscowable]

th u of lf it ti htl ati inf all are lime green.the first 8 notes on a scale i see a black hipo and it taste like licorish the next 8 is a bright tercouse stick and tast sweet and so on and so forth. if i try to explain a piece of musice like mary has a little lamb it is white as in row row row your bout it a dark blue-green and it always bugs my ears when someone is singing an e it like buzzez..and when i try explaining this people think im jokeing! is this normal?

[MaddyJKD]

I was very interested when they mentioned at the end that Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder and Van Halen had this condition. It makes for a whole other conversation if you ask me, another debate about if affecting/enhancing creativity. Just a thought. :P

[wolflover8765]

loved this video! very interesting and you did a fantastic job!! it helped me understand my synesthesia better!

[cleopad1]

The way they wrote was slightly uncomfortable cuz that's not how I see letters....y are blue to me, like a dusty blue and the 'e' they wrote was the color of my V

But very informative, good video :)

[guitaristman23]

hooray! i have synesthesia its always been there but i guess it until ive become more aware of it now id as im half and half when it comes to being an asscoiater or a projecter i also noticed but the orignal colour are in the situation bit its like the vale it lift on other colours i found over time

[leakeg]

makes me feel like taking some acid...

nice doco!