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Descriptor English: Synesthesia
Descriptor Spanish: Sinestesia
Descriptor sinestesia
Entry term(s) cromestesia
ideaestesia
sinestesia grafema-color
sinestesia léxico-gustativa
sinestesia música-color
sinestesia músico-cromática
Scope note: Experiencia de activación sensorial cruzada involuntaria en la que la presentación de un estímulo concreto provoca una experiencia sensitivo-perceptiva secundaria. Suele producirse en la asociación de colores a estímulos lingüísticos tales como letras, números, palabras o música, pero también puede producirse entre otros sentidos. Aunque la sinestesia puede ser adquirida o transitoria debido a traumatismos o al uso de drogas, también existe un fuerte componente genético, con una prevalencia de aproximadamente 1 de cada 2000 personas y una relación entre mujeres y hombres de 6:1.
Descriptor Portuguese: Sinestesia
Descriptor French: Synesthésie
Entry term(s): Chromesthesia
Chromesthesias
Colored Hearing Synesthesia
Colored Hearing Synesthesias
Grapheme Color Synesthesia
Grapheme-Color Synesthesia
Grapheme-Color Synesthesias
Hearing Synesthesia, Colored
Hearing Synesthesias, Colored
Ideaesthesia
Ideaesthesias
Ideasthesia
Ideasthesias
Lexical Gustatory Synesthesia
Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesia
Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesias
Synesthesia, Colored Hearing
Synesthesia, Grapheme-Color
Synesthesia, Lexical-Gustatory
Synesthesias
Synesthesias, Colored Hearing
Synesthesias, Grapheme-Color
Synesthesias, Lexical-Gustatory
Tree number(s): C10.597.606.762.850
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000080311
Scope note: The experience of involuntary sensory cross activation where the presentation of a particular stimulus elicits a secondary sensory-perceptual experience. It most commonly occurs in the association of color with linguistic stimuli such as letters, numbers, words, or music, but can also occur between other senses. Although synesthesia can be acquired or transient due to trauma or drug use, there is also a strong genetic component, with a prevalence of about 1 in 2,000 individuals and a female to male ratio of 6:1.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2020; SYNESTHESIA was indexed under PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS 2011-2019
History Note: 2020(2011)
DeCS ID: 59253
Unique ID: D000080311
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2020/01/01
Date of Entry: 2019/07/08
Revision Date: 2019/05/06
Synesthesia - Preferred
Concept UI M0562760
Scope note The experience of involuntary sensory cross activation where the presentation of a particular stimulus elicits a secondary sensory-perceptual experience. It most commonly occurs in the association of color with linguistic stimuli such as letters, numbers, words, or music, but can also occur between other senses. Although synesthesia can be acquired or transient due to trauma or drug use, there is also a strong genetic component, with a prevalence of about 1 in 2,000 individuals and a female to male ratio of 6:1.
Preferred term Synesthesia
Entry term(s) Synesthesias
Colored Hearing Synesthesia - Narrower
Concept UI M000646893
Preferred term Colored Hearing Synesthesia
Entry term(s) Colored Hearing Synesthesias
Hearing Synesthesia, Colored
Hearing Synesthesias, Colored
Synesthesia, Colored Hearing
Synesthesias, Colored Hearing
Ideaesthesia - Narrower
Concept UI M000646896
Preferred term Ideaesthesia
Entry term(s) Ideaesthesias
Ideasthesia
Ideasthesias
Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesia - Narrower
Concept UI M000646897
Preferred term Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesia
Entry term(s) Lexical Gustatory Synesthesia
Lexical-Gustatory Synesthesias
Synesthesia, Lexical-Gustatory
Synesthesias, Lexical-Gustatory
Chromesthesia - Narrower
Concept UI M000646892
Preferred term Chromesthesia
Entry term(s) Chromesthesias
Grapheme-Color Synesthesia - Narrower
Concept UI M000646894
Preferred term Grapheme-Color Synesthesia
Entry term(s) Grapheme Color Synesthesia
Grapheme-Color Synesthesias
Synesthesia, Grapheme-Color
Synesthesias, Grapheme-Color



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