SynesthesiaBy: Richard E. Cytowic Series: The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series An accessible, concise primer on the neurological trait of synesthesiavividly felt sensory couplingsby a founder of the field. One in twenty three people carry the genes for the synesthesia. Not a disorder but a neurological traitlike perfect pitchsynesthesia creates vividly felt cross sensory couplings. A synesthete might hear a voice and at the same time see it as a color or