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I could try to dig up a quote from V.S. Ramachadran, a pHD in neuroscience (a bit more qualified to talk about synesthesia than a psychologist :-P ) if you really want... but it'll have to wait 'till I'm on my home computer, navigating things on my dad's Powerbook with the broken up arrow makes...

Fine, I'll cite the actual article that statement is from :-P : Simner J, Mulvenna C, Sagiv N, et al (2006). "Synaesthesia: the prevalence of atypical cross-modal experiences". Perception 35 (8): 1024–33 I disdain disdain for Wikipedia, when you can find all the citations they use pretty...

From Wikipedia: It is estimated that synesthesia could possibly be as prevalent as 1 in 23 persons across its range of variants. Like I said, some scientists say everyone has it, to SOME degree. Kind of how everyone has a li'l ADD in 'em. The 1 in 2000 statistic is usually used to describe...

Actually, synesthesia (the mingling of senses) is pretty common. Almost everyone has it to a degree (there's a terrific lecture on this by V.S. Ramachadran, a neurologist, on TED: Ideas worth spreading but the example he uses to prove it is entirely about audible language-shape associations, and...

So, I was poking around this forum for a different purpose, but this conversation induced a visceral need to respond, because I love the subject matter... I *think* what the question being asked is how a congenitally (or very early) deaf person interacts with his/her inner monologue. That...