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by chrisanthropic 2163 days ago
For those interested in these things, here's a music/synesthesia study that I stumbled across last week that sounds pretty cool.

https://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/...

> Typically, research has focussed on synaesthetic musicians such as the composer, Messiaen, who experienced colours when hearing music. This new inquiry investigates and develops a novel approach:

> Can music be composed to evoke cross-modal sensory experiences such as taste, touch or smell in a general audience?

> From principles derived from current research, can a methodology be devised to evoke novel cross-modal sensory experiences through musical composition?