What is synthestisia?

Answer 1

Sharing a root with anesthesia (meaning "no sensation"), Synesthesia means "joined sensation" (Greek syn = together + aisthesis = perception), wherein two or more senses are coupled such that a voice, for example, is not only heard, but also felt, seen, or tasted. Individuals who experience these "joined sensations" are called synesthetes. As children, synesthetes are surprised to discover that others do not share their sensory experiences. Often ridiculed and disbelieved, they learn to keep their atypical perceptions private. Nonetheless, the phenomenon remains involuntary and consistent throughout their lives. Some type of synesthetic experience occurs in 1 in 23 individuals. Popular at the turn of the previous century, synesthesia became taboo with the rise of behaviorism. It now enjoys a revival as neuroscientists relax their reflexive hostility to subjective experience. Twenty years ago, no one in my academic circle had ever heard the term and all were dismissive of my index case. I only knew the word thanks to Luria's The Mind of a Mnemonist, whose memory expert retained decades of trivia because of synesthesia in every sense.

Answer 2

a type of monkey mainly found in a bird nest.

Answer 3

Synthesis means "to make", so maybe protein synthesis is the making of proteins;

Protein synthesis is the transcription and translation of specific parts of DNA to form proteins.

Answer 4

when you hear music you see colours