Senses-crossover makes for tasty music

Not specifically related to music on cell phones, but interesting. From New Scientist.

"A musician in Switzerland can "taste" the sounds of a symphony.

The musician, known as ES, is a synaesthete, a person who involuntarily experiences a crossing over of the senses for certain types of stimuli. But not only does ES see certain colours when she hears specific notes - which is quite common among synaesthetes - but she also associates specific tastes with different pairs of notes, or intervals.

In tests where different tastes such as salty, sweet, cream and even low fat cream, were placed on the musician's tongue she was able to identify the correct interval faster than five musician non-synaesthetes."

emily | 10:30 AM | Fun |
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