(Medical Xpress) -- ‘Hyper-excitability’ in regions of the brain may underlie synaesthesia, an unusual condition where some people experience a ‘blending of the senses’, Oxford University researchers ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the never-ending struggle to understand how the human brain works, all manner of experiments are dreamed up and carried out. In one new one, for example, researchers in Japan have ...

WHAT colour is the letter A? It is a question Nicholas Root often asks the volunteers he has recruited for his research. Most give him the same response. “They say the task is stupid and that letters ...

Synaesthesia is a neurological trait or condition that results in a joining or merging of senses that aren’t normally connected. The stimulation of one sense causes an involuntary reaction in one or ...

If romantic films are to be believed, kissing someone special can leave you seeing fireworks. For 38-year-old Sariah of California, it’s closer to seeing the Northern Lights. What she experiences ...

Your brain is a fascinating piece of machinery. It has remarkable capacity for development. Very subtle changes in how the brain develops, or in how it responds, can lead to us experiencing the world ...

People with autism are more likely to also have synaesthesia, suggests new research in the journal Molecular Autism. On the face of it, this is an unlikely result, as autism and synaesthesia seem as ...

Many people see words as colours, smells or sounds, and they swear it boosts their creativity. So could we all tweak our senses to see the world in this way? Olympia Colizoli doesn’t see the world ...

It's long been estimated that synaesthesia is 7 times more likely in artists than in the plebs. Vladimir Nabokov — Eliza's favorite writer, as well as mine — was a synaesthete, prompting me to give ...

When Helen Field started arguing with her daughters about whether Wednesday is orange or light green, her partner stared on in disbelief. Helen and her daughters have synaesthesia, a neurological ...

Combining an 80-minute full-body massage with bespoke music, essential oils and a personalised sensory experience, the Lush's ...