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Definition of synaesthesia in English: synaesthesia(US synesthesia) noun ˌsɪnɪsˈθiːzɪəˌsɪnəsˈθiʒə mass nounPsychology Physiology The production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body. 〔生理，心理〕连带感觉，牵连感觉，共同感觉 Example sentencesExamples - Scientists are coming to the realisation that we may all have the capacity for vestigial synaesthesia, even if our sensory pathways have been separated out as normal.
- An intense curiosity about what goes wrong with the wiring to produce sensory anomalies, such as synaesthesia, drives him on to know more and more and to inspire others to know more and more.
- Our experiences vary in intensity, we have a perception of time passing so we have sequential experiences, we experience some synesthesia between senses, etc etc.
- However, new research from Yale on synesthesia is now revealing that there is a complex interaction between the senses in the brain - an interaction that enables us to understand the world in a unified way.
- We remain, however, far from an understanding of the physiological basis of synaesthesia.
Derivativesnounsɪnˈiːsθiːtˈsɪnɪsˌθit Physiology Psychology A person who experiences synaesthesia. synaesthetes may associate colours with certain letters and numbers Example sentencesExamples - Unlike patients who experience hallucinations, synesthetes are not medicated, so you don't have that confounding factor.
- In another experiment, the researchers found that synesthetic color helped the synesthetes pick out specific numbers or letters in a crowded display.
- But we have also learnt from speaking with synaesthetes, about synaesthetic conception, where it's a thought that triggers the sensation.
adjective ˌsɪnɪsˈθɛtɪkˌsɪnəsˈθɛdɪk Physiology Psychology Relating to or experiencing synaesthesia. Example sentencesExamples - a synaesthetic painter
- Both ideas imply that, for a synaesthetic experience to occur, neural connections exist, that are not present, or not activated, in the more usual, non-synaesthetic individual.
- In another experiment, the researchers found that synesthetic color helped the synesthetes pick out specific numbers or letters in a crowded display.
- But we have also learnt from speaking with synaesthetes, about synaesthetic conception, where it's a thought that triggers the sensation.
OriginLate 19th century: modern Latin, from syn- 'with', on the pattern of anaesthesia. Rhymesamnesia, anaesthesia (US anesthesia), analgesia, freesia, Indonesia, Silesia Definition of synesthesia in US English: synesthesia(British synaesthesia) nounˌsinəsˈTHēZHəˌsɪnəsˈθiʒə Psychology Physiology The production of a sense impression relating to one sense or part of the body by stimulation of another sense or part of the body. 〔生理，心理〕连带感觉，牵连感觉，共同感觉 Example sentencesExamples - However, new research from Yale on synesthesia is now revealing that there is a complex interaction between the senses in the brain - an interaction that enables us to understand the world in a unified way.
- Our experiences vary in intensity, we have a perception of time passing so we have sequential experiences, we experience some synesthesia between senses, etc etc.
- An intense curiosity about what goes wrong with the wiring to produce sensory anomalies, such as synaesthesia, drives him on to know more and more and to inspire others to know more and more.
- We remain, however, far from an understanding of the physiological basis of synaesthesia.
- Scientists are coming to the realisation that we may all have the capacity for vestigial synaesthesia, even if our sensory pathways have been separated out as normal.
OriginLate 19th century: modern Latin, from syn- ‘with’, on the pattern of anaesthesia. |