Ideasthesia
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [ hide ] This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages ) This article relies too much on references to primary sources . (February 2015) This article may be too technical for most readers to understand . (August 2015) Example of associations between graphemes and colors that are described more accurately as ideasthesia than as synesthesia Ideasthesia (alternative spelling ideaesthesia ) is defined as a phenomenon in which activations of concepts (inducers) evoke perception-like experiences (concurrents). The name comes from Greek ἰδέα (idéa) and αἴσθησις (aísthēsis) , meaning 'sensing concepts' or 'sensing ideas'. The main reason for introducing the notion of ideasthesia wa...