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St. Michael's reports second known case of patient developing synesthesia after brain injury
About nine months after suffering a stroke, the patient noticed that words written in a certain shade of blue evoked a strong feeling of disgust. Yellow was only slightly better. Raspberries, which he never used to eat very often, now tasted like blue - and blue tasted like raspberries. High-pitched brass instruments - specifically the brass theme from James Bond movies - elicited feelings of ecstasy and light blue flashes in his peripheral vision and caused large parts of his brain to light up on an MRI...
Source: Health News from Medical News Today - August 1, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Neurology / Neuroscience Source Type: news