Voice → Taste
very rareVoice → Taste Synesthesia is a very rare type of synesthesia. The sound of a person's voice triggers specific taste sensations.
- Inducer
- voice
- Concurrent
- taste
- Category
- Auditory Gustatory
What is Voice → Taste Synesthesia?
Voice-taste synesthesia causes the sound of a person's voice to trigger specific, consistent taste sensations. Different voices produce different flavors — one person's voice might taste like warm bread while another's tastes metallic. This can influence social preferences, as synesthetes may find certain voices 'delicious' and others unpleasant.
Notable People with Voice → Taste Synesthesia
Research on Voice → Taste Synesthesia
Ward, J. & Simner, J. (2003). Lexical-gustatory synaesthesia. Cognition, 89(3).
View publication →Simner, J. & Ward, J. (2006). The taste of words on the tip of the tongue. Nature, 444.
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