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The UK Synaesthesia Association was originally conceived by Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, and was fully established as an active society by Professor Jamie Ward, both of whom are leading researchers into synaesthesia. The association is run by a committee, including Dr Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, Professor Julia Simner, and President James Wannerton.
Following that, there is a list of people who are often wrongly believed to have had synesthesia because they used it as a device in their art, poetry or music (referred to as pseudo-synesthetes). Estimates of prevalence of synesthesia have ranged widely, from 1 in 4 to 1 in 25,000 – 100,000.
Synthesia's software algorithm mimics speech and facial movements based on video recordings of an individual’s speech and phoneme pronunciation. From this a text-to-speech video is created to look and sound like the individual. [5] [6]
Chromesthesia or sound-to-color synesthesia is a type of synesthesia in which sound involuntarily evokes an experience of color, shape, and movement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Individuals with sound-color synesthesia are consciously aware of their synesthetic color associations/ perceptions in daily life. [ 3 ]
Kinesthetic synesthesia is one of the rarest documented forms of synesthesia. [23] This form of synesthesia is a combination of different types of synesthesia. Features appear similar to auditory–tactile synesthesia but sensations are not isolated to individual numbers or letters but complex systems of relationships.
Sonochromatism or sonochromatopsia (Latin: sono-, (sound) + Greek: chromat-(colour) + Greek: -opsia (seeing)) is a neurological phenomenon in which colours are perceived as sounds. [1] The phenomenon is created by the union between a brain and a colour-to-sound software or chip. People who report such experiences are known as sonochromats. [2]
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Lexical–gustatory synesthesia is a rare form of synesthesia in which spoken and written language (as well as some colors and emotions) causes individuals to experience an automatic and highly consistent taste/smell. [1] The taste is often experienced as a complex mixture of both temperature and texture.