Across the millennia, and across a range of disciplines, there has been a widespread desire
to connect, or translate between, the senses in a manner that is meaningful, rather than …

Aphantasia is a neurocognitive phenomenon affecting voluntary visual imagery, such that it
is either entirely absent, or markedly impaired. Using both the social and medical models of …

Abstract Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a previously unstudied
sensory phenomenon, in which individuals experience a tingling, static-like sensation …

For people with aphantasia, visual imagery is absent or markedly impaired. Here, we
investigated the relationship between aphantasia and two other neurodevelopmental …

The senses can be powerful triggers for memories of our past, eliciting a range of both
positive and negative emotions. The smell or taste of a long forgotten sweet can stimulate a …

Detecting the taste components within a flavoured substance relies on exposing
chemoreceptors within the mouth to the chemical components of ingested food. In our paper …

In the existing literature on synaesthetic metaphors in poetry it is proposed that transfers
tend to go from the 'lower'(touch, smell, taste) to the 'higher'(sight, hearing) sensory …

Sound symbolism is a property of certain words which have a direct link between their
phonological form and their semantic meaning. In certain instances, sound symbolism can …

Synesthesia based in visual modalities has been associated with reports of vivid visual
imagery. We extend this finding to consider whether other forms of synesthesia are also …

Object personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human agents. In
online forums, autistic individuals commonly report experiencing this phenomenon. Given …