I'm autistic and experience sound-color synesthesia (synesthesia is really common with autism), most often when I hear music. I perceive colors that take on specific shapes when I hear certain notes. It's somewhere on the border between imagining the colors and an actual visual hallucination. I'm really hesitant about telling people this because I'm scared they'll think I'm crazy or otherwise judge me. I tried explaining it to my family when I was 12 (before then, I didn't really think about it because I just thought it was normal) and they just thought it was weird.
Hi Matthew! First of all, thank you so much for sharing! And second of all, I am here to tell you that it is not weird to experience synesthesia and it is probably more common than you think! I totally get it though...its hard to explain to other people!
So synesthetes don't actually see the letters in a different color? I'm a little bit confused by that, because I tend to associate naturally the vocals with color ("a" seems to be red; "e" suggests me green; and ""o", blue ) but it's like, very consiouss, I mean that I don't see it coloured at all, but if I ask myself or someone asks me what color do i associate with the vocals, then I remember and can say it. I thought that people with synesthesia were unable to avoid literally "seeing" the color, even though anybody is asking them (which could remind them to see it that way, as happens to me, for example), and that was one of the reasons that tend to make them loose concentration sometimes. Also, I know all of us have a certain degree of synesthesia, and I would like to know better about this condition.
Cool video! I've had lexical gustatory synesthesia for as long as I can remember. I taste words.
Oh wow, how cool! Thank you!
I'm autistic and experience sound-color synesthesia (synesthesia is really common with autism), most often when I hear music. I perceive colors that take on specific shapes when I hear certain notes. It's somewhere on the border between imagining the colors and an actual visual hallucination. I'm really hesitant about telling people this because I'm scared they'll think I'm crazy or otherwise judge me. I tried explaining it to my family when I was 12 (before then, I didn't really think about it because I just thought it was normal) and they just thought it was weird.
Hi Matthew! First of all, thank you so much for sharing! And second of all, I am here to tell you that it is not weird to experience synesthesia and it is probably more common than you think! I totally get it though...its hard to explain to other people!
do you think synesthesia could be studied through the lens of anthropology? if so could you make a video about it?
you are such a great teacher! thank you
you are too cute thank you
So synesthetes don't actually see the letters in a different color? I'm a little bit confused by that, because I tend to associate naturally the vocals with color ("a" seems to be red; "e" suggests me green; and ""o", blue ) but it's like, very consiouss, I mean that I don't see it coloured at all, but if I ask myself or someone asks me what color do i associate with the vocals, then I remember and can say it. I thought that people with synesthesia were unable to avoid literally "seeing" the color, even though anybody is asking them (which could remind them to see it that way, as happens to me, for example), and that was one of the reasons that tend to make them loose concentration sometimes. Also, I know all of us have a certain degree of synesthesia, and I would like to know better about this condition.
the link is not working for me :(
I just found out I can count and read colors
its assumed to be just over 4% actually not 2 % but amazing video :)
Good to know, thank you!!