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When coloured sounds taste sweet

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  • Gian Beeli

    (Institute of Neuropsychology, University of Zurich)

  • Michaela Esslen

    (Institute of Neuropsychology, University of Zurich)

  • Lutz Jäncke

    (Institute of Neuropsychology, University of Zurich)

Abstract

Synaesthesia is the involuntary physical experience of a cross-modal linkage — for example, hearing a tone (the inducing stimulus) evokes an additional sensation of seeing a colour (concurrent perception). Of the different types of synaesthesia, most have colour as the concurrent perception1, with concurrent perceptions of smell or taste being rare2,3. Here we describe the case of a musician who experiences different tastes in response to hearing different musical tone intervals, and who makes use of her synaesthetic sensations in the complex task of tone-interval identification. To our knowledge, this combination of inducing stimulus and concurrent perception has not been described before.

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  • Gian Beeli & Michaela Esslen & Lutz Jäncke, 2005. "When coloured sounds taste sweet," Nature, Nature, vol. 434(7029), pages 38-38, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:434:y:2005:i:7029:d:10.1038_434038a
    DOI: 10.1038/434038a
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