
The Mystery of Synesthesia (Letters, Numbers, Colors, Sounds, Perception, Psychic)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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Exploring the Realness of Synesthesia
This chapter of the podcast episode delves into the debate surrounding the legitimacy of synesthesia as a phenomenon. It discusses the dismissive views during the behaviorism era, the absence of evidence for it being pathological, and the three different categories of synesthetes. It also highlights the potential advantages of developmental synesthesia and the limitations of teaching synesthesia to adults.
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Transcript

When you see a written word, do you also see colors in your mind? Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli explore the mystery of synesthesia where colors, sounds, letters, and numbers can all mix together in perception. What is synesthesia? Who has it? And what is responsible for it?
