synaesthesia

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A neurological or psychological phenomenon whereby a particular sensory stimulus triggers a second kind of sensation.

   “Probably in all of us, though in some men much more distinctly than in others, there exist certain synæsthesiæ or concomitances of sense-impression, which are at any rate not dependent on any recognisable link of association.”

2. isim The association of one sensory perception with, or description of it in terms of, a different perception that is not experienced at the same time.

   “On a phonemic level, phenomena of synesthesia have often been described and studied. Practically all children and a good many adults—though for the most part adults will deny it—spontaneously associate sounds, whether phonemes or the timbre of musical instruments, with colors and forms.”

3. isim A literary or artistic device whereby one kind of sensation is described in the terms of another.