"Put more simply, when one sense is activated, another unrelated sense activates alongside it. One of the most familiar examples involves hearing music while visually experiencing colours, shapes, or patterns. Although synesthesia is unusual, it is not rare; current estimates suggest that around three to five percent of the population have some form of it, with women being somewhat more likely to experience synesthesia than men."
"There are numerous types of synesthesia, but visual forms are among the most widely investigated. Within this, researchers frequently identify "projective" and "associative" experiences. Projective synesthesia refers to situations in which an additional sensory experience appears literally before the eyes, almost like visuals projected into outer space. Associative synesthesia, on the other hand, refers to sensations that occur within the "mind's eye," as opposed to the exterior visual field."
Synesthesia occurs when stimulation of one sense automatically triggers an experience in another. Visual synesthesia commonly produces colours, shapes, or patterns in response to sounds. Estimates indicate about three to five percent of people experience some form of synesthesia, with a modest female majority. Visual synesthesia divides into projective experiences that appear in external space and associative experiences that occur in the mind's eye. Traditional animator recreations of synesthetic perception are slow, expensive, and indirect. Virtual reality tools allow synesthetes to directly illustrate sensory experiences in three-dimensional space, improving representation and communication.
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