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The Mystery of Synaesthesia

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Nervous System and the Senses : The Mystery of Synaesthesia

Introduction:
"Synaesthesia is a term used by neuroscientists to describe a condition whereby a person may experience colours when they hear or read words, whilst other 'synaesthetes' may experience tastes, smells, shapes or touches in almost any combination."


1. The word "synaesthesia" is derived from which ancient language?
    Latin
    Hebrew
    Sanskrit
    Greek


2. Which of these is a common theory regarding the cause of synaesthesia?
    A physical difference in the way a synaesthetes brain has developed (crosswired)
    A dominant gene on the X chromosome
    All of these
    Overload of sensory signals which are then processed by nearby neural pathways


3. There are many types of synaesthesia, common figures put it at 20 but that's just by pairing up the senses in different combinations. It is thought that there are many more ways a synaesthete might experience synaesthesia. What percentage of Synaesthetes experience more than one type of synaesthesia?
    50
    40
    20
    30


4. What is the youngest case of synaesthesia in a person on record?
    5 and a half
    2 and a half
    3 and a half
    4 and a half


5. Around how many people worldwide are considered to have synaesthesia?
    Two in a million
    One in a million
    Ten in a million
    Twenty in a million


6. Which of these famous figures is NOT considered to have/had synaesthesia?
    Phil Collins
    David Hockney
    Vladimir Nabokov
    Alexander Scriabin


7. Who wrote the book 'The Man Who Tasted Shapes'?
    Patricia Lynne Duffy
    Julia Nunn
    Richard Cytowic
    Daphne Maurer


8. Do more women than men have synaesthesia?
    Yes
    No


9. Is synaesthesia involuntary?
    Yes
    No


10. Finally, a silly one, what is the Swedish word for synaesthesia?
    Synestesi
    Synesthesie
    Sinestezia
    Synestezja


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