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Synesthesia is a neurological phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.

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Is synesthesia caused by crossing the circuitry of different sensory inputs?

I have a question about human perception. After reading the book "Sensory Perceptual Issues in Autism and Asperger Syndrome" and knowing about synesthesia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synesthesia) ...
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Pavlovian Conditioning And Synesthesia

I have been reading about Pavlovian brain conditioning and it seems that documented cases are mostly limited to motor reflexes (like conditioning an eyelid to close when hearing a tone) or taste ...
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What percent of the population has some form of synesthesia?

Data I am trying to get my hands on: What types of synesthesia (e.g. Grapheme-color synesthesia, Chromesthesia, etc.) are most common across the population? What percent of population has that ...
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