People who see Colours and Shapes afflicted/representing sound?

A while back (I mean a few years) i was watching a program where people see colours and shapes where sound is, such as squares comming from a doorbell ect when it has been rang

Was just curious and a spare of the moment thing

Does anyone know anything about it (i know it has a name)

Just curious to know more about it (if any one actualy knows)

[edit on 24-10-2004 by Crash]

It's more like notes having a visual effect on the listener. Like a C sounds blue... B flat sounding green and so on. Some theorize that those little rainbow painted xylophones so many of us had wile growing up influences it. Just a different way of processing information from two senses that don't usually coordinate.

cool

cheers for the reply

Know its name btw?

It's called Synesthesia. Basically "hearing colors" or "tasting shapes."

Here's some links:

www.sciam.com...
Synesthesia (from the Greek roots syn, meaning "together," and aisthesis, or "perception") is a condition in which otherwise normal people experience the blending of two or more senses.
For decades, the phenomenon was often written off as fakery or simply memories, but it has recently been shown to be real. Perhaps it occurs because of cross activation, in which two normally separate areas of the brain elicit activity in each other. As scientists explore the mechanisms involved in synesthesia, they are also learning about how the brain in general processes sensory information and uses it to make abstract connections between seemingly unrelated inputs.

www.school-for-champions.com...
The most common form of synesthesia is the experience of colors linked to letters and numbers that they see, the sound of words or music, or smells and tastes.

Synesthetes that experience different colors when they see certain letters and numbers, experience the written language as a rush of color associations. Others may enjoy music or eating food as a colorful experience.

It is uncertain whether a person who experiences colors when seeing letters, hearing sounds, or smelling or tasting food will also experience the opposite effect when seeing various colors. This is an area for research.

Web activity to try: learn.sahs.uth.tmc.edu...

Doesnt extacy or pcps or some durg do the same thing like youll see sounds and hear objects or something like that...

i think its just hallucinations brought on by a mental illness

Interesting that you brought this up....

There was a news story just a few days ago...

Here it is..

Aura's?

Originally posted by spacedoubt
Interesting that you brought this up....

There was a news story just a few days ago...

Here it is..

Aura's?

dogs can actually smell the chemicals released from your body due to different emotions you have.....

thats why dogs know when your sad, happy, or embarrassed