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The Frog Who Croaked Blue: Synesthesia and the Mixing of the Senses

Everyone will be closely acquainted with a few people who have synesthesia but you may not yet know who they are because, until very recently, it was largely hidden and unknown. This text argues that sensory mixing is the norm even though only a few of us cross the barrier into the realms of synesthesia.

Audience
adult
Length
short · 192 pages

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