synaesthetic
Perceiving across senses
Synaesthetic describes the blending of senses—seeing sounds, tasting colors, hearing shapes.
The term applies both to the neurological condition where sensory pathways cross involuntarily and to artistic techniques that evoke similar effects: synaesthetic imagery in poetry, a synaesthetic experience of music as shifting colors.
Also spelled synesthetic.
Sound-to-color perception
- misophoniaSound-triggered emotional disorder
- synestheteOne with merged senses
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
- perceptualRelated to awareness through senses
multisensory · binding · neuroplasticity · cognition · automatic · involuntary · consistent
Visual spectrum variations
- soundsAudible vibrations
- texturesSurface feel and appearance
- flavorsDistinct taste qualities
- scentsSmells, especially pleasant
taste · hearing · touch · smell · vision · temperature · vibration · kinesthesia
Causing sensory distortions
- trippyResembling a hallucination
- mind-expandingBroadening one's awareness
- alteredChanged from before
- kaleidoscopicShowing constantly changing patterns
surreal · vivid · LSD · psilocybin · ayahuasca · DMT · mescaline · distortion
Bauhaus painting instructor
- HockneyEnglish pop artist
- chromaticRelating to color
- impressionismStyle prioritizing perception
- abstractionDistilling to essential qualities
Nabokov · expressionism · visualization · composition · multimedia · immersive · audiovisual
chromesthesia
Sound-to-color perception
- misophoniaSound-triggered emotional disorder
- synestheteOne with merged senses
- cortexOrgan's external tissue
perceptual · multisensory · binding · neuroplasticity · cognition · automatic · involuntary · consistent
colors
Visual spectrum variations
scents · taste · hearing · touch · smell · vision · temperature · vibration · kinesthesia · phonemes
hallucinogenic
Causing sensory distortions
- trippyResembling a hallucination
- mind-expandingBroadening one's awareness
- alteredChanged from before
kaleidoscopic · surreal · vivid · LSD · psilocybin · ayahuasca · DMT · mescaline · distortion · heightened
Kandinsky
Bauhaus painting instructor
- HockneyEnglish pop artist
- chromaticRelating to color
- impressionismStyle prioritizing perception
Nabokov · abstraction · expressionism · visualization · composition · multimedia · immersive · audiovisual
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