At my college there's a math professor who claims that when looking at numbers and math problems, they see different colors instead. Is there any known condition that can cause this? Has anyone ever heard of such a thing?
2006-10-18 11:20:29 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Absolutely. It is called synesthesia, and you can read more about it here:
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0003014B-9D06-1E8F-8EA5809EC5880000
or here: http://web.mit.edu/synesthesia/www/
2006-10-18 11:29:57 · answer #1 · answered by sofarsogood 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, as another person already stated, there is something called synathysia--probably misspelled--where the various senses get mixed in the way you are describing. I think there was a good article about this in Scientific American around three or four years ago.
2006-10-18 11:36:38 · answer #2 · answered by bruinfan 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it's called synasthesea (sorry spelling may not be correct)
2006-10-18 11:24:15 · answer #3 · answered by Mehera 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋