Everyone is a synesthete

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My subject heading is probably an overstatement; however, cross-wiring of the senses is clearly commonplace. Visual cues affect our sense of taste:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/scie ... -home.html

What do you think? I've found this to be true with music, food, wine, and painting.

This theory actually makes a lot of sense, when you think about it, and I know I've experienced it for myself. That said, I always thought mild synesthesia was mainly just an aspie thing, and not something everybody experiences to an extent.

It doesn't seem to hard to believe that if you focused on it differently, you will experience it differently.

Btw, what is your new avatar?

It's a magic square. Each row, column and diagonal add to 175.

Smelling wine makes me have visual memories.

With my synesthesia things pretty much stay the same no matter what environment I'm in. 7 is still blue. Tuesday is still orange. BBQ makes me smell and crave BBQ chips.

1 in 20 people have synesthesia. They don't necessarily have to be autistic or have some other neurological condition.

It's an interesting study though. Will have to try it out for myself.

I can smell and taste red wine now. It's not exactly sweet.

That is interesting, but we've already known that smell affects how we taste things without declaring it synesthesia.

Smell and taste are intrinsically linked.

All the above article implies is that there is communication amongst the senses. It's strictly not synesthesia. By the way, 7 is back. 4 is blue.

I've postulated this for some time and it's taken this interminable duration for these experimental psychologists to find out. Although I don't think I have synaesthesia, I'm pretty sure there have been a multitude of occurrences about how my olfactory system affects my selection of gustatory perceptions depending on the quality and opacity of the environment; whether it's inward or outward.

What I want to know is why does food taste better when you're drunk?

Interesting article, thanks.

I think a part of it is because your body starts craving certain nutrients in order to soak up the alcohol and mitigate the dehydration caused by drinking too much, and another part of it is because alcohol slows down your mental processing and allows you to better savor the flavors of the food you're eating. This is just my theory though.

No it's not: 4 may be blue, but 7 is definitely red

Sometimes, I can taste words.

That's a really good answer.