As first described by Francis Galton, some persons perceive vividly and automatically in their
mind's eye the written form of words that they are hearing. This phenomenon, labeled ticker …

With effort, most literate persons can conjure more or less vague visual mental images of the
written form of words they are hearing, an ability afforded by the links between sounds …

The acquisition of reading modifies areas of the brain associated with vision and with
language, in addition to their connections. These changes enable reciprocal translation …

Reading acquisition is enabled by deep changes in the brain's visual system and language
areas, and in the links subtending their collaboration. Disruption of those plastic processes …

We read with great interest the article by Sokolowski and Levine, 1 proposing that distinct
neurodevelopmental disorders share common pathophysiological mechanisms, only …

Tickertape experience is the subjective phenomenon of routinely visualizing the
orthographic appearance of words that one hears, speaks, or thinks, like mental subtitles in …

Many synesthetes experience colors when viewing letters or digits. We document, for the
first time, an analogous phenomenon among users of signed languages who showed color …

Background Synesthesia is a phenomenon where a stimulus produces consistent
extraordinary subjective experiences. A relatively common type of synesthesia involves …

Perception is inherently subjective, and individual differences in phenomenology are well
illustrated by the phenomenon of synesthesia (highly specific, consistent, and automatic …

Grapheme‐colour synaesthesia is characterized by conscious and consistent associations
between letters and colours, or between numbers and colours (eg, synaesthetes might see …