Synesthesia is a neurologically based phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. People who report such experiences are known as synesthetes. A sixth sense.
Ray McAllister sees music: "A bright flash of lavender getting dimmer and dimmer; now we're going over a pink staircase, some lavender violins."
Carol Crane feels music: "I always feel guitars on my ankles and violins on my face."
For Carol Steen, every letter has a color: "Z is the color of beer, a light ale."
And James Wannerton tastes words: "New York is, it's runny eggs. London is mashed potato, but it's extremely lumpy mashed potatoes."
They're not on drugs, they don't have any brain disease. They haven't had a stroke. They're born this way, and they're different from the rest of us, reports correspondent Vicki Mabrey.
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