In my case it does nothing for my understanding of math. I am pretty bad at math so my synesthesia would only benefit me with numbers if I was good at calculating things in my head. Then I would probably see the color of the number before getting the facit.
With words it can be helpful with spellings. If I or someone else misspell a word I see it immediately because the color is wrong. This is also how I remember people’s names. I tend to ask people how their names are spelled so I see their colors correctly. To me, that’s part of knowing someone. If I haven’t seen someone’s name written in front of me, they won’t have a color and I then tend to forget their names, which is super awkward sometimes.
With some words that can be spelled in different ways, I prefer some spellings over others because the color is prettier or more appropriate.
For example with gray and grey I prefer grey because the color of that word is light grey and a very light yellow. Gray is a dark, denatured brown and red. I don’t like it as much.
But yeah, when it comes to math, it does almost nothing for me because I’m not mathematically gifted at all.
Really interesting. I allways wonder whether some mathematical geniuses were able to see way more then just numbers and I could imagine color might be a useful tool when you get into the weird stuff. Thank you for sharing… That was really interesting.
I am sure there are some of those out there! I saw a guy online who had color and shape based synesthesia with letters and numbers and he had built is own alphabet from that and actively used it for note-taking. He seemed exceptionally intelligent and his notes were a complete trip to look at. Some people called him schizophrenic in the comments because they didn’t understand it, but it was very clear to see that there was a logic and a system to his alphabet and his notes that wouldn’t have been there if he had schizophrenia. People fear what they don’t understand xD
I wish I could remember where I saw that. It was awhile ago. It was so cool.
From what I have been able to tell, many people with synesthesia are either artists or scientists. I’m sure there are also bankers and accountants with this affliction out there, but I guess you don’t hear about them as much as they don’t tend to become famous.
Does the coloring of numbers help or hinder your understanding of maths?
In my case it does nothing for my understanding of math. I am pretty bad at math so my synesthesia would only benefit me with numbers if I was good at calculating things in my head. Then I would probably see the color of the number before getting the facit.
With words it can be helpful with spellings. If I or someone else misspell a word I see it immediately because the color is wrong. This is also how I remember people’s names. I tend to ask people how their names are spelled so I see their colors correctly. To me, that’s part of knowing someone. If I haven’t seen someone’s name written in front of me, they won’t have a color and I then tend to forget their names, which is super awkward sometimes.
With some words that can be spelled in different ways, I prefer some spellings over others because the color is prettier or more appropriate.
For example with gray and grey I prefer grey because the color of that word is light grey and a very light yellow. Gray is a dark, denatured brown and red. I don’t like it as much.
But yeah, when it comes to math, it does almost nothing for me because I’m not mathematically gifted at all.
Really interesting. I allways wonder whether some mathematical geniuses were able to see way more then just numbers and I could imagine color might be a useful tool when you get into the weird stuff. Thank you for sharing… That was really interesting.
I am sure there are some of those out there! I saw a guy online who had color and shape based synesthesia with letters and numbers and he had built is own alphabet from that and actively used it for note-taking. He seemed exceptionally intelligent and his notes were a complete trip to look at. Some people called him schizophrenic in the comments because they didn’t understand it, but it was very clear to see that there was a logic and a system to his alphabet and his notes that wouldn’t have been there if he had schizophrenia. People fear what they don’t understand xD
I wish I could remember where I saw that. It was awhile ago. It was so cool.
From what I have been able to tell, many people with synesthesia are either artists or scientists. I’m sure there are also bankers and accountants with this affliction out there, but I guess you don’t hear about them as much as they don’t tend to become famous.