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Synesthesia is not merely a miswiring between sensory maps, but a fundamental difference in representational architecture where the brain assigns incoming signals to a built internal geometry. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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This research explores the mechanisms of synesthesia and its implications on perception and consciousness.

August 11, 2026Open Access

Synesthesia: Mechanisms, Mappings, and the Geometry of the Senses

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Essay examines synesthesia's architecture and implications for perception and consciousness.

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This research explores the mechanisms of synesthesia and its implications on perception and consciousness.
Examined synesthesia through multiple lenses including neuroscience, genetics, and information theory.
Analyzed the role of candidate genes in axon guidance related to synesthesia.
Discussed concepts such as ideasthesia and metamodal cortical recruitment across various sensory experiences.
Synesthesia involves a difference in representational architecture rather than a simple sensory overlap.
Candidate genes related to synesthesia focus on axon guidance, showing no single 'synesthesia gene'.
Colors in synesthesia hold little extrinsic information, averaging around 80–110 bits, suggesting a unique internal mapping of senses.

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Alexandru C. Stan (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7ace3e3401087f2249e327 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21859233

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