# New Insights Into Synesthesia

**URL:** <https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/new-insights-into-synesthesia/30554>\
**Category:** Neuroscience, Psychology, and Health\
**Tags:** synesthesia\
**Created:** [April 15, 2015, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/new-insights-into-synesthesia/30554 "2015-04-15T08:26:30Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 8:26am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/new-insights-into-synesthesia/30554/1 "2015-04-15T08:26:30Z")

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> Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have shed new light on synesthesia -- the effect of hearing colors, seeing sounds and other cross-sensory phenomena.
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> Lead Researcher, ANU Research School of Psychology’s Dr Stephanie Goodhew, said the research found synesthetes had much stronger mental associations between related concepts.
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> “For them words like ‘doctor’ and ‘nurse’ are very closely associated, where ‘doctor’ and ‘table’ are very unrelated. Much more so than for people without the condition,” she said.
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> The findings could help researchers better understand the mysteries of synesthesia, which Dr Goodhew said affects an estimated one in every 100 people.

Read more: [Synesthesia: Why some people hear color, taste sounds](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/04/150413214343.htm)

More articles on synesthesia:

- [Training can lead to synesthetic experiences: Does learning the 'color of' specific letters boost IQ?](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/11/141118105522.htm)
- [A longitudinal study of grapheme-color synesthesia in childhood](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131112105028.htm)
- [Learning and memory may play a central role in synesthesia: Link to childhood toys containing magnetic colored letters](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130123144220.htm)
- [Synesthesia: Brain study explores what makes colors and numbers collide](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/11/111117140300.htm)
- [Reading in two colors at the same time: Patterns of synesthesia brain activity revealed](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110309082341.htm)