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Thanks for having me on your channel!!!!

great video. I have this. My days of the week and months of the year are colors. and its all automatic. I don't think of the colors purposely... Monday is just red. They show in my brain together.

My husband has synesthesia, and I'm the only person he's met that has constant changing colors. I guess it was meant to be!

I also have this. Until my late 20's I thought it was how everybody perceived the world. But I read about it online and was so shocked! I see colors with numbers and days of the week, and colors, shapes and patterns when listening to music or thinking about someone. And the main reason I find maths to be hard, despite being good at it, is because the patterns and colours I perceive when looking at equations interfere with their actual meaning.

My favorite video yet! My son hears music in color. Always has. I didn’t know there was such a thing until one of his music teachers in college told him all about it. He was quite excited it had a name 😂. It must be amazing for him, he is a wonderful musician and composer, so to blend that music with color has to be out of this world ❤️❤️😘

It's so wonderful to see a brilliantly intelligent woman speak with such passion about amazing subjects. Thank you Mayim for being a great role model for young women and girls.

When I'm shopping for clothing, I often will see a color/texture that is appealing but, when I touch it, the sound of the fabric doesn't match the taste of the color/texture. It makes me queasy. I learned to stop saying sentences like that out loud when I was about 7 or 8.

I see songs in colors, not the titles but the actual songs. Example. "Careless Whisper" by George Michael is a honey mahogany color in my mind. The cover version of this song by Seether is a grey tinted with a touch of beige color in my brain. Now, "Outside" by Stains is a dark greyish teal color. I never knew that this was a thing until I saw something about it online somewhere, so I actually started feeling, ironically, unique because I thought this was a normal thing for everybody.

I DO actually hear in color. I am a French lecturer at a large midwestern university, and I speak six different languages, and I see the same colors with each word in corresponding languages. I wonder if these makes language acquisition easier for me?

I enjoyed this a lot: as I have colour-taste synesthesia. It does more harm than good for me though.. if I don't like both the taste AND the colour of a food, I don't like eating it..

Thank you for doing this video. I am an artist and dyslexic. When I was being taught violin I memorized music by assigning colors to notes and chords. Here I've just thought all these years I was broken. Now I have an amazing way to explain it to people. ❤️🎨

I have Synesthesia, and I'm very fascinated by it. All my measurements of time have a colour. That, as well as numbers, animals, and certain types of nouns. (one-thousand for example, is clearly red to me, while one-hundred is blue).

A friend of mine has synesthesia and she can actually "see" the colour of your voice, that is so cool!!! I remember that, when I was younger, all vowels and numbers from 0 to 9 had their own colour. It's not like I really saw them written in thar colour, they just were very strongly asiciated with their colours and whenever I had to draw them I would always choose the same colours, haha. Sorry about my English ^^'. Greetings from Spain ;)

I am always amazed at how awesome the brain is!

Omg SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S CALLED!!! I swear, ever since I was a kid, I kept wondering what this "thing" was. I kept associating letters & numbers with colors and my cousins thin I was weird because I had this complicated thinking. 😂 Thanks for this!! ❤️

I have this, and so does my youngest daughter. We've always thought it was pretty cool. :)

Love this video! When I first learned about synesthesia I was pretty young, and it's what lead me to studying neuropsychology !

I read a book about a synesthete, it's called a mango shaped space. It was such an eye opening book.

When you're waiting new season of tbbt and you see this channel THANKS GOD

Mayim, watching you geek out on brain function is pure enjoyment! Your passion and enthusiasm are contagious - and I even learned something new

It's cool that you collabed with lifenoggin! I love their channel and you as a block character is infinitely adorable.

I HAD NO IDEA ... THANKS !! You learn something new every day (we have an idiom in Spanish for this. en español: "nunca te acostarás sin saber una cosa más")

Educational and fun! You are a wonderful teacher! Thank you 💜

I thought EVERYONE heard music in screaming colors. I always get so happy on the rare occasions that a music video has the right color scheme.

After writing this I realize it's way too long to expect anyone to read but it's done now and I can't bring myself to delete it. Wordiness FTW! So cool, I haven't thought about synesthesia in years. If you get a chance to read this I wonder if you might settle a 15 year old debate I had with my high school geometry teacher over whether I am a synesthete or not. She was convinced I was a synesthete after my description of how I picture a number line (in color because colors are fun?) when I'm doing basic arithmetic in my head. After doing some research I don't believe I am, but found synesthesia so interesting that I ended up doing my senior project on it in high school. I find it hard to believe that I'm as unique in my visualizations as this teacher thought I was. I think I just happened to put into words for her something that a lot of people probably do without realizing it in their imaginations. When I 'see' this number line, yes they are in color, but only in my mind's eye. I don't see letters and numbers in color when they are printed in black and white. In that case, they are just in black and white to me. As far as I'm concerned, what I do is really no different from working out a math problem on paper except the paper is in my head and I'm just visualizing it to help me keep track of the numbers. I do the same with the letters if I'm, say, alphabetizing and have to keep track of letters or with days of the week or months if I'm calculating something relating to that. From my understanding most synesthetes insist that a particular letter or number is a certain color. In MY imaginary number line a particular number might often be a particular color, but it is actually hard for me to say because it's a visualization that seems to happen subconsciously. I'm not 'trying' to visualize the numbers. I just do, much in the way I would automatically visualize the story playing out in front of me while reading a novel. As automatic as it might be, it's still clear to me that it's imaginary. I'm not physically seeing anything. These visualizations are a bit like a dream, in that it's difficult for me to describe what they look like because they feel very far away to me since I don't consciously make it happen. I think the part that really threw her off and made her insist I was a synesthete is that I am very adamant about the SHAPE of this imaginary number line. I say adamant, but again, it feels far away from me like a dream so sometimes I guess the patterns and shapes shift a bit. It seems that I always picture numbers 1-10 going up in a line, then the teens going to the right from there, and then 20-100 in a grid with each set of 10s going down in a line. *I* believe my brain probably did this because that's how I learned the numbers. I would have learned to count to 10 first, and then the teens, and then I would have learned the process of counting 20-100 as a block. So that's how my brain remembers it and pictures it. Same with the colors. Whatever episode of Sesame Street I learned the number 7 from probably had a big graphic of the number 7 in green, so I often picture it in green, but it could be other colors. My imaginary alphabet is also in a pattern. I almost always visualize A,B and C as a group, then D-P as a group, Q-W in a group and then XYZ in a group. Again, I just assume my young mind learned the alphabet in these segments and therefore can't help but picture it this way, but maybe there's more to it than that? Maybe my imaginary visual aids are not as common as I assume they are? This teacher sure seemed to think it was unique but I can't fathom how visually inclined people keep track of things like numbers without picturing them in their head. This has got to be common, right?

I recently learned I have this and it is really wonderful! I love this part of myself and as I embrace it i find more things it effects!

Hi Mayim, I am a Synesthete, and your description and illustrations are spot on, and I hope it can help folks without Synesthesia - understand it more. I believe that my Synesthesia has been a factor in helping my brain work creatively to form new pathways and ways of being, around my traumatic brain injury. Synesthesia is associated with my earliest memories - it's been a lifelong thing.

Thank God for the few neuroscience classes I had, I can understand a bunch of what you say, but I am also thankful there are people like you who can explain it all in scientific and laymens terms as well to ensure the understanding. You are great at this!

It was very cool to learn that this comes from the same part of the brain as dyslexia. My oldest daughter struggles with dyslexia while my middle daughter has synesthesia. Thanks for the info! In your study of synesthetes have you ever seen compiled data that shows that a large percentage of these people see identical colors for the same numbers, words, and objects or is it purely personal?

I experience pain as having colors and textures. Like, right now, my shoulder spasm is a bright fuschia and soft and fuzzy. Not fuzzy in a good way, that's just the color of it... Having chronic pain gives me lots of chances to explore this phenomenon. I always took it for granted in a way, until I described it to my husband and he just didn't understand... Brains are amazing!

I don't think i've ever seen Mayim so excited on a video! Loved the topic and the video. Thanks!

YES MAYIM YES! Love this video. Finally. Amazing topic AND yes yes yes to the edit and design of the complementary animation. YES loved it so much. More of that. more more.

Thank you for this video! I have synesthesia. I taste words, voices and sounds since I was a child. Until a couple of years ago I didn't know the name of it and I never told anyone (just an ex boyfriend) cause I thought people would consider me weird. But I've always wanted to know if tasting words was normal. I tried look for answers, but at one point I just dropped it cause I thought it was not essential. Then, by pure coincidence, I learnt what it was. I didn't feel weird anymore, I felt excited! So I started telling some people I had it, but sadly some of them were really mean. They said (and say) that I (or we synesthetes) make this up to feel special, to draw attention, that it doesn't exist, it's bs. I usually feel bad cause I know it's not like that, I'm not a liar but I can't really prove that 'Mayim' tastes like plain yogurt to me. That's the thing, I can't prove it, so technically I can tell people a bunch of bs. So I stopped. I think synesthesia is amazing and a life without it would be just boring :)

A very interesting field of science. Thanks for the explanation.

More videos like this!!!! Love learning about such interestinh stuff and how you explain it 💜🙌

Thanks Mayim! Interesting as always!

she is just lovely to watch, teach and listen to. thank you miss

Love love love your channel!! So refreshing to learn something meaningful!!

I loved this Mayim. You explain things so well and what an interesting topic!

You are very good at breaking complicated things down to make them much easier to understand in a way that is helpful and not condescending at all. Thank you! When I hear the word "blossom" I always think of a big sunflower on a hat.

I want to thank you for taking the time to make videos- so thanks! My oldest son has this - it is so fascinating. He says we all have certain colors to him- as do objects and emotions.

Nice clear explanation of a phenomena that few people have even heard of, much less, understand. Loved the video. Thank you!

Now I have a name for the reason I think the days of the week are related to colours like Wednesday is a yellow-Orange!

My wife has always told me that she sees music. I never understood what she was talking about until now. Thank you for explaining the process to me. I feel even closer to my wife now, if that was even possible.

Great video! Mayim, you are amazing!

This exact topic is covered in a small text in my students' grammar & vocabulary book( I'm an EFL teacher). This is perfect for me to show them before we actually work the text! Thank you.

Amazing subject, nice one!

Yes, neuroscience is fascinating! I recently had a discussion with a PhD student in neuroscience about prejudice. I study Gender Studies, so our fields combined have some amazing possibilities for discussion :)

I am amazed how you talked about synesthesia, because when i tell people I have it by experiencing the colors grey and purple with the sounds of cords like violin or harp see me as nut case, so I seldom talk about it. I remember when i was very young I tell my mom that sounds pretty and she corrects me and say that looks pretty, I got confused. I am grateful that you brought this up.

Yes! I have this!!! When someone says a name of a person, street, store....I see the color it should represent! I find it comforting 😌 Love the animation!

Thanks for this @mayim Bialik ! I have Synesthesia, but a mild version. I discovered this whilst as a child trying to fall asleep, my old cathode-raytube TV set was cooling down and the subsequent cooling made a loud cracking/popping sound that I perceived as different intensities of white light in various shapes and sizes. I only realised it was synesthesia as an adult when I researched "why do I see white lights when i hear loud noises" LOL - the joy of the internet!

You are such an idol to me! I love this kind of science videos. I didn't know about this one but I freaked out when I studied prosopagnosia, it's so interesting!!

Thank you for making this video, it's the most succinct and clearly communicated explanation I've found. You are a beautiful woman and a beautiful mind, and are very much appreciated in this World. Thanks again

I love that you've made this video Mayim, you've made me feel special :-)

Mayim, this is such a great and educational video, I really enjoyed it! Thank you so much for being such a wonderful actress and youtuber and for being my friend. You are one of the greatest friends I have!

Great video! Your videos on neuroscience and science in general and your science background were what inspired me to get into biology! Thanks Mayim!

I have Synesthesia :)

Explanations with animation for next videos will be really cool, if you don't team up again with them, do your own team with groknation. But this is the kind of content I personally like. And with this kind of format. if you evolve this to your own type of format will be amazing. yes to all.

Does Sheldon Cooper have Synesthesia? Because when he is helping Rajesh to find structures in the data from the telescope room he is Talking about prime numbers having certain colours..and so on?

Mayim me encanta tu canal! Enhorabuena por la iniciativa! Me encantaría recomendarte más a menudo. Has pensado en introducir subtítulos en otros idiomas? Nos facilitaría entenderte y te seguiría mucha más gente! Acercarías tu forma de explicar ciencia a muchas más personas!

brilliant. I have been battling chronic fatigue for many years and thats been linked to a nervous system dysfunction, i have alot of interest in the body functions as I need to be my own dr most of the time

Love this, Mayim! Thank you for sharing this. Growing up, my siblings and I would entertain ourselves on road trips with questions like "what color is R?" And "is 9 a boy or girl?". We had long debates about how we perceived the world, because we all thought this was normal. So did my father, as he saw the world the same way. My mother did not, and we actually thought something was wrong with her. 😂 Imagine her joy decades later when she heard of synesthesia years later on a ted talk. My first children, two boys, are due in two months, and it will be interesting to see someday if they inherit this trait or not.

Super cool! Thanks Mayim!

Agh I love learning about synaesthesia! For as long as I can remember numbers, letters and words (especially proper nouns) have had very specific colours! I remember when I was learning to read etc the colours would be apparent all the time but I always thought it was something everyone experienced. Now that I'm older I don't usually notice the colours of words etc as much but they're definitely still there! When I think about the days of the week and months of the year they also have physical positions in space in relation to each other, which I've heard is linked to synaesthesia too!

This is fascinating, I learn so much from watching your videos. Thank you

I love the variety of content on this channel! From cats to Passover to road trips to science

I enjoy all of your videos. You are ebullient (a word that was deep in the recesses of my brain and somehow surfaced when I watch you.) Keep 'em coming!!!

That was a very cool vid. Hope you bring more of the type, I love everything related to the brain (being psychological or more technical). Also, theres a book call Tell Me Your Dreams (Sidney Sheldon) that one of the character makes this relation with sounds and colors, though is never stated is this Synesthesia, hearing you talk about remind me of this little thing of the book (its never really explored, is more of a personality quirk of the character)

Loved your enthusiasm!

Thank you Mayim, I have that and up until now I didn't know what is that, now I have an explanation, and for me it's the sound SH always comes with the color black

Grapheme-color Synesthete here. This was a really great video and you explained it really well. I liked learning more about the neurological part!

Thank you so much! I know two people with synesthesia. My mother associates taste and touch with color, and a good friend of mine associates shape with color (meaning he doesn't perceive color the way we do at ALL.) I think it's a fascinating concept and it's cool to see someone talk about it.

awesome video!! I'm interested in learning more on this. thank you

That's so cool! Thanks for the interesting lesson Mayim! :)

Names and numbers have colors :) It actually makes certain things easier to remember! I am really good at phone numbers, which used to be helpful :P

Wow ! That is just so interesting. My boyfriend always tells me about how he associates colours to everything... I didn't understand it at all but now we know where it comes from! Thank you for this video :)

I don't know if anyone's already written this, but synesthesia is also a rhetoric figure used in poetry... when you mix sensations and perceptions... like a sounding color... amazing!

Thank you! A character I'm working on has a father with Synesthesia. It's nice to know a more clinical aspect of what he's got.

It's really cool to see more and more information coming out about synesthesia for the public to learn more. I have synesthesia. I see colors, shapes, and movements associated with what I hear (and sometimes colors are associated with what I see). For example, Mayim, your voice is a pale, almost robin's egg blue. And this video has downward wave-like movement to it overall. I am actually an artist and paint songs based on what I see. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on synesthesia!

I love that you are so excited about the brain and you get to fully express that excitement. Happiness is contagious. Can you do a video on why happiness is contagious?

I always find your videos interesting. People usually tend to say the bad things. I think it's important to tell people when we think they are doing something nice/good/inspiring... so keep doing what you're doing. As a female in science (MS in civil engineering) I appreciate the work you do to stand out as a female scientist. Love from Spain.

Love this video. You are still one of my favorite people.

Love all the info you give out to us. But I must say this , I grew up watching Blossom. Loved Blossom and Six . That said when I watch these I sometimes think yeah Blossom would be like you are today , awesome. Thank you for being you! You’re an inspiration

I love the passion you have for science.

Coming across this now and this is one of the main reasons why I wanted to study Neuroscience. I feel it's also common amongst those on the spectrum, which may explain the facial blindness relation. Words and sounds have smell/tastes, and I feel people's energies, like a modified mirror touch. Also, numbers have personalities. It's not always on for me.

Well this video would of been handy 6 months ago when I started researching for a paper on synethesia. It is incredibly interesting, I loved researching it

I studied psychology at university so was a control in many synesthesia studies, I definitely don't have it! One of my best friends is a pianist and a painter and every musical note has a colour to him, even people's voices have a colour! I find it so interesting!

Wow!! I almost couldn't see your video because the light shining from your eyes was almost blinding! No doubt you love this stuff!! I love it too, thanks for sharing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

you explained this SO well. I’m using this vid to send to anyone who doesn’t understand synesthesia/WHY it happens or when someone thinks it’s “fake” (dumb right?)

Love the topic, the format, and you! My sister is a synesthete who hears color. Are you a synesthete or do you have friends who are?

It's really amazing!

I didn't realize until I was grown that synesthesia had name, or that anybody else had it. I've read that in some circles, synesthesia is classed as a mental illness. I find it fascinating and I'm extremely glad I'm "afflicted" with it. I only wish that I could experience some of the manifestations that some other people have that I don't.

I ❤ this video so much!! I am one of the many who have Synesthesia- actually many forms of it. Your descriptions are wonderful here, and I really appreciate that you mixed anecdotal with scientific info. I didn't know that there was a term for what I've had always. I just thought everyone experienced the world the same way I do! I am very happy with the forms of Synesthesia that I have. Most of us are, although there are some forms that are difficult for people.

I learn so much from this video ...Thank You!!!

This is awesome. I know personally I dream in spatial references. And I do have color references to numbers and words. But I love hearing the science behind it!!

Hi, love ur work. Ur channel popped up on my feed and I decided to check it out and I'm glad I did. I'm a professional musician that never learned theory, I also am a chef. I was blessed with a great ear, early on I could hear songs and easily figure them out . My friends would quiz me when a song came on and even if I had never heard it b4 or wasn't holding a guitar I could tell them what key it was in. A couple yrs in I would try to sho my chums some chords and I would tell them to think of chords as flavors and colors cuz that's how I visualized them. Like d major was orange, c was lemon yellow, e minor was brown like root beer. They thought I was nuts but it made perfect sense to me. Then during my chef career I was describing the difference between white balsamic vinegar and regular balsamic to my waitresses and I kept telling them that the white had a "brighter" flavor. Makes sense right? They thought I was nuts too ! But then I had them do a blindfolded taste test and some of them got it. Do I have this thing u speak of? If so can I teach it ? I honestly didn't kno this existed and I'm so glad u brought it up.

Very good job. Keep up the good work!!😀

You are such a smart and beautiful woman. I look up to you so much. Thank you for being amazing!

I watch you on you tube all the times I enjoy listening to you