NeuroscienceApril 4, 2024
My Synesthesia Transforms Speech into Text I ‘See’ in My Head
From the time I learned to read, I have experienced a form of mental closed-captioning called ticker-tape synesthesia
Stories by Emily Makowski
Emily Makowski is a senior copy editor and fact-checker at Scientific American. Her writing has appeared in Environmental Health News, MIT News, the Scientist and Undark. She has a master’s degree in science writing from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Follow her on Bluesky @emilymakowski.bsky.social