synaesthesia — Also known as synesthesia, synaesthetic hallucination, synaesthetic experience, reflex false perception, secondary sensation, and secondary sense perceptions (German: sekundären Sinnesempfindungen). The term synaesthesia comes from the Greek… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
synaesthesia — n. (US synesthesia) 1 Psychol. the production of a mental sense impression relating to one sense by the stimulation of another sense. 2 a sensation produced in a part of the body by stimulation of another part. Derivatives: synaesthetic adj.… … Useful english dictionary
conceptual synaesthesia — The term conceptual synaesthesia comes from the Latin adjective conceptualis (pertaining to the mental concept), and the Greek words sun (together, unified), and aisthanesthai (to notice, to perceive). The concept was introduced in or shortly… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
perceptual synaesthesia — The term perceptual synaesthesia comes from the Latin noun percipere (to receive, to perceive, to comprehend) and the Greek words sun (together, unified) and aisthanesthai (to notice, to perceive). The concept was introduced in or shortly… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
number-form synaesthesia — A term used to denote a type of * synaesthesia characterized by the automatic and involuntary appearance of a mental map or configuration of numbers whenever one thinks of numbers. These maps or configurations, referred to as * number forms,… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Synesthesia — For other uses, see Synesthesia (disambiguation). How someone with synesthesia might perceive certain letters and numbers. Synesthesia (also spelled synæsthesia or synaesthesia, plural synesthesiae or synaesthesiae), from the ancient Greek σύν… … Wikipedia
number form — The term number form was introduced in or shortly before 1880 by the British scientist Sir Francis Galton (1822 1911) to denote a mental map or configuration of numbers which may appear automatically and involuntarily whenever one thinks of… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Daniel Tammet — speaking at Reykjavík University Born 31 January 1979 (1979 01 31) (age 32) London … Wikipedia
Number form — This article refers to the neurological phenomenon. For Unicode numbers, see Number Forms. A number form from one of Francis Galton s (1881b) subjects. Note the convolutions, and how the first 12 digits correspond to a clock face. A number form… … Wikipedia
Synästhesie — Das farbige Alphabet einer Synästhetin. Zu jedem Buchstaben gehört neben der Farbe auch noch eine bestimmte Position im Raum Die Synästhesie (von altgriech. συναισϑάνομαι synaisthanomai „mitempfinden“ oder „zugleich wahrnehmen“) bezeichnet… … Deutsch Wikipedia
