Anyone know about synaesthesia?

[FrannyandZooey]

I know there are a few synaesthetes on here - I wondered if anyone could point me in the direction of a good book or other materials to learn more about the subject. I was told yesterday that our brains all work synaesthetically up to the age of about 4 months, but I need a reference for this piece of information, and am interested in learning more about it in general.

Thanks in advance if you can help.

Whoops! Sorry...

can't add much more about the subject, but you might find this artist interesting. she paints what she can hear/see, and it's really lovely work.

Saw my sister yesterday and aske her about Saturday - she sees it as a kind of metallic, shiny dark grey. Not quite black, but nearly.

I have loved this thread - really fascinating and thank you all for sharing your experiences

Just wondered if anyone had an idea where I could get a reference for the "all babies are synaesthetes up to 4 months" statement?

I would really like to pin that down.

Here's the Radio4 link

You could also look here or at this , which has links to 'proper' scientific papers.

Thanks Ellbell.

Aviatrix, it's for a piece on heuristic play - I am interested in the idea that babies actually experience the senses differently to us. This links in with the idea of stimulating all their senses with the items we give them to play with, and also that as adults I believe we put much more emphasis on what something looks like - giving babies bright, flashy bits of plastic thinking they will interest them - rather than engaging their senses of smell, taste, and touch, with items such as are used in heuristic play.

link here

I asked ds about what colours days were and he said "Thursday is green of course mummy" and refused to discuss any further.

I asked my dad and he said that days didn't really do it for him but a C major chord was definitely red, e minor was blue and reeled off a whole list.

My mum said "you do ask some stupid questions".

The music and colours one interested me, because although I don't do it overtly - I am always annoyed at Baby Mozart and Fantasia because what I see and what I hear doesn't "fit".