Is Sinestesia More Common Than Men?

In the past couple of decades, scientists have begun using brain scans to understand what's happening in the brains of people with synesthesia. What we actually have is a condition which is balanced across the senses. And do you know, is it more common in men or women, or is it equally distributed? That's a very nice question, again, because it speaks to methodology. So this early study of prevalence, conducted by placing an advert in the newspaper and asking sinestets to come forward, gave the very, very strong impression that it was a female trait. Because i think something like eight times as many female sinestetes were found as males. But when you ask them to