Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Synesthesia Test?
It is a free self-report screen with 15 questions in five groups of three: letters and numbers, sound, sequences in space, personality and character, and taste and touch. For each question you choose how automatic and constant the experience is. You get the family your answers fit best, or an honest result of no pattern.
Can this test tell me if I have synesthesia?
Not on its own. A questionnaire can only capture what you report. Researchers confirm synesthesia by checking that your associations stay the same when you are retested weeks later, and that cannot be done in a short quiz. Your result shows whether your experiences look like the kind worth checking.
What do the results mean?
There are seven. Five name a type of synesthesia your answers resemble, with a level of Possible or Strong. The other two are everyday cross-sense associations, which are very common and are not synesthesia, and no synesthetic pattern. Each result page ends with a takeaway you can try yourself.
Are the cut points scientific norms?
No. The bands for each type are our own choices, made when we built the test, and they are not norms. The page never compares you with other people and shows no prevalence figures. The score for each type is out of 9 and the result shows you all five.
Is synesthesia a disorder?
It is described as a trait, not a disorder. This test is not a diagnosis. If a blending of senses starts suddenly, for example after an injury, an illness or a new medication, or if your experiences are distressing or painful, mention it to a doctor.
How is this different from the aphantasia test?
The aphantasia test is about voluntary mental imagery, meaning whether you can picture things in your mind's eye. This test is about involuntary cross-sense experience. They measure different things, so your result on one does not decide the other. You can take both.