Synesthesia and common recognition concerning music and colour

Author:Yamawaki, K.; Shiizuka, H.

Article Title:Synesthesia and common recognition concerning music and colour

Abstract:
This paper discusses the common recognition of music and colour from the viewpoint of synesthesia. The focus is especially placed on coloured hearing synesthesia. Coloured hearing synesthestesia experiences a crossing of senses where a brain recognizes music aurally as colour. An experiment, in the format of questionnaires, was conducted where subjects were required to listen to music and select a representative colour for the music. The analysis of the questionnaires obtained the following results: it suggested that synesthesia exists at a subconscious level in human beings and that synesthesia is caused by influences of common recognition of music and colour associations.

Keywords: synesthesia; solfege ability; recognition

DOI: 10.1243/09596518JSCE168

Source:PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS PART I-JOURNAL OF SYSTEMS AND CONTROL ENGINEERING

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