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Sophie Smit, Postdoctoral Research Associate in Cognitive Neuroscience‬, University of Sydney

Do you taste words or hear colours? Here’s the neuroscience behind synaesthesia

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Have you ever tasted a word, or seen colours while listening to music?

If you have, you may be among the 1% to 4% of people who have a fascinating trait known as synaesthesia.

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