Preferred Label : Synesthesia;
CISMeF acronym : SYNSTH;
Type : Phenotype or locus, molecular basis unknown;
Alternative titles and symbols : SYNSTH;
Description : Synesthesia is broadly defined as the experience of involuntary sensory crossactivation
in which the presentation of a particular stimulus elicits a secondary sensory-perceptual
experience (Barnett et al., 2008). Although this phenomenon can be acquired or transient
due to trauma or drugs, there is a congenital or developmental form that shows familial
patterns. Synesthesia can occur between any 2 sensory modalities, but the most common
and best-studied forms of synesthesia involve the association of color with linguistic
stimuli such as letters, numbers, or words, or with music ('colored hearing,' 'colored
music'; Baron-Cohen et al., 1996). Other less common forms include the induction of
tastes by words, the induction of touch by vision, the induction of shapes by tastes,
and the personification of numbers (Barnett et al., 2008).;
Prefixed ID : %612759;
Origin ID : 612759;
UMLS CUI : C0233778;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Semantic type(s)
- UMLS correspondences (same concept)
