{ "assessmentTests": { "synesthesia_test": { "name": "Synesthesia Test", "desc": "Synesthesia is when one sense or idea automatically triggers another, such as letters with colors or sounds with shapes. For each question, choose the option that fits you best. 'Automatic' means it appears without you trying and stays the same each time. If you are not sure, pick the lower option: the aim is an honest read, not a big result.", "recommendation": "If you are not sure, pick the lower option: the aim is an honest read, not a big result.", "stem": "If you are not sure, pick the lower option.", "questions": [ { "question": "Take any printed letter, such as a capital R or a lowercase g. Does it come with a color attached?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. Each letter has its own color, it shows up by itself, and it is the same every time.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Yes, I notice colors for letters, but they are faint or not always the same.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only if I stop and think about it, or the color comes from something I learned, like a colored alphabet set.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "Nothing of the sort. Letters stay plain shapes.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "Looking at the digits in a phone number or on a price tag, does each one seem tinted with a color that belongs to it?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. Every number has its own color that shows up by itself and never changes.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Yes, numbers tend to have colors, but I am less sure of them or they shift.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only if I make myself pick one, or from something I learned, like a number chart.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "Never. Digits look plain to me.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "Do whole words or names get a color of their own, often taken from their first letter?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. Words and names come with a color by themselves, and it stays the same.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Yes, for some words and names, but the color is loose or shifts.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only when I deliberately think of one, for example a brand color or a team color.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "Never. Words stay colorless for me.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "Listening to a piece of music, do visual things start to appear, such as patches of color, shapes or motion?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. Colors or shapes appear by themselves with most music, and the same note or instrument gives the same look each time.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Yes, with some music, but it varies and is often faint.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only when I picture something on purpose to match the mood.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "Not at all. Music stays purely a sound.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "Think of the noises around a home, like a tap dripping, a door slamming or a washing machine finishing its cycle. Does any of them come with a color or a shape of its own?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. Many sounds bring an instant color or shape, and it is the same each time.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Yes, for a few sounds, though not reliably.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only as a figure of speech, like calling a sound bright or sharp.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "Nothing of the sort. Everyday noises stay just noises.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "As someone speaks, does their voice carry a visual quality of its own, such as a color, a grain or an outline?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. Each voice has its own look that appears by itself and stays the same.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Yes, for some voices, but the look is vague or changes.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only when I describe a voice to myself on purpose, such as a warm voice or a rough one.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "Not at all. For me a voice is heard, never seen.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "Think of the whole year, from January to December. Do the months line up in a layout you can see, such as a ring, a ladder or a winding path?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. The months always fall into one set shape, and I have seen them that way for as long as I can remember.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Yes, I see a layout, but it is a bit vague or I am not sure it is always the same.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only if I deliberately imagine a calendar or a timeline, or a layout I was taught.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "No. The months are just words in order.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "Do numbers sit on a mental line or map, with a fixed spot for 1, 10, 100 and beyond?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. Numbers have fixed places in a shape I can point to, and it has been the same as long as I can remember.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Roughly yes, but the shape is blurry and drifts now and then.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only when I imagine a number line on purpose, like the one from school.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "Not at all. Numbers sit nowhere in particular.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "Does a week lay itself out around you, with each weekday standing in its own spot or direction, and does a day do the same from morning to night?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. Each one has its own spot that appears by itself and never moves.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "For a few of them, but their spots are only approximate.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only when I picture a weekly planner or a clock face on purpose.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "Not at all. Days and hours are just a sequence in time.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "Does a letter or a digit ever come across as a person, for instance a stubborn 4 or a friendly A?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. They have a character, sometimes a gender or an age, that arrives by itself and stays the same.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "For a few of them, though the character is faint.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only when I make characters up on purpose, or from a story or picture book.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "No. Letters and numbers are just symbols.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "Does each month or weekday come with a temperament, such as a gentle one, a bossy one or a gloomy one?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. Each one has a character I feel without trying, and it does not change.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Yes, for some of them, but not strongly.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only as a figure of speech, like \"Monday blues\".", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "Nothing like that. They are labels for stretches of time.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "If any letter, number, day or month has a character for you, how long has that character stayed the same?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "As long as I can remember. It has never changed.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Mostly the same, with a few shifts over the years.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "It shifts each time I think about it, or I invented it.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "Neither letters, numbers, days nor months carry any character for me.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "When you read or say certain words, does a flavor or a mouthfeel come with them, such as a hint of salt, or something gritty or silky?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. Particular words bring a specific taste or texture by themselves, and it is always the same one.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Yes, occasionally or for a few words.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only when a word reminds me of a food, or when I dwell on it.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "Not at all. Words stay tasteless to me.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "Watching another person get touched or hurt, such as a tap on the shoulder or a stubbed toe, can you feel it on your own body?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. I feel a real physical sensation in the matching spot, almost every time.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Sometimes, though much more faintly.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only a sympathetic wince: I know how it would feel, but there is no actual sensation.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "No.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] }, { "question": "Do things you touch, smell or taste bring a visual impression of their own, such as a color for a scent or an outline for a texture?", "options": [ { "icon": "🌈", "label": "Yes. They bring an instant color or shape by themselves, the same each time.", "desc": "Automatic and constant" }, { "icon": "🔎", "label": "Yes, for some of them, but it varies.", "desc": "Noticeable" }, { "icon": "📚", "label": "Only when I think about it on purpose, or as a figure of speech, like a sharp taste.", "desc": "Deliberate or learned" }, { "icon": "⚪", "label": "No.", "desc": "Not for me" } ] } ], "results": { "grapheme_color": { "name": "Letters and Numbers in Color", "desc": "Your answers describe letters, numbers or words that come with their own colors, automatically and the same each time. Researchers call this grapheme-color synesthesia, and it is one of the best-documented types. It is described as a trait, not a condition, and many people only discover they have it when they learn that others do not see colors on letters.", "recommendation": "Write down the color you see for each letter A to Z and each digit today, and date the page. Weeks later, without looking, do it again and compare. Colors that match are the kind of consistency researchers look for." }, "sound_color": { "name": "Sounds in Color", "desc": "Your answers describe sounds, whether music, voices or everyday noises, arriving with colors, shapes or movement of their own, automatically and consistently. Researchers call this sound-color synesthesia. It is different from picturing something to match a song: here it appears without trying and stays the same.", "recommendation": "Pick three pieces of music or three single notes, draw or describe what you see for each, and date it. Repeat weeks later without looking at the first version. If you play an instrument, note whether particular notes or keys have particular colors." }, "spatial_sequence": { "name": "Sequences with a Place in Space", "desc": "Your answers describe months, numbers or days that sit in a fixed layout in space, such as a circle, a line or a curve, that you can see or point to and that stays the same. Researchers call this spatial-sequence synesthesia, and the number version is sometimes called a number form. It is a trait, not a condition.", "recommendation": "Sketch your layout for the months and for the numbers now, and date it. Compare with a new sketch weeks later. Notice whether the layout helps you when you plan or remember dates." }, "personification": { "name": "Letters, Numbers and Days with Personality", "desc": "Your answers describe letters, numbers, days or months that come with a character, mood or gender, without you trying and staying the same. This is called ordinal-linguistic personification, and it is a type of synesthesia that is easy to miss because it feels like everyone must do it.", "recommendation": "Write down who each day of the week is, with a line on their character, and date it. See whether the cast holds still weeks later." }, "taste_touch": { "name": "Taste, Touch and Body Links", "desc": "Your answers describe words, sights or sounds that bring a taste, a texture or a touch sensation in your body, by themselves and the same each time. Depending on your answers, that may be word-taste, mirror-touch or another cross-sense link. These types are less well known than the color types.", "recommendation": "Keep a small log for two weeks: when it happens, what triggered it and what you felt. If the sensations are painful or upsetting, mention them to a doctor." }, "everyday_associations": { "name": "Everyday Cross-Sense Associations", "desc": "Your answers describe links between senses and ideas that mostly appear when you think about them, or that come from things you have learned. Links like these are very common: people call a high note bright or a Monday gray. They are not synesthesia, which is automatic and stays the same, but they show a mind that likes to connect senses.", "recommendation": "If you suspect there is more, watch for moments when something appears before you decide to think about it, and note whether it is the same next week." }, "no_pattern": { "name": "No Synesthetic Pattern in Your Answers", "desc": "You answered that you do not have these blends of senses, or only rarely. That is an ordinary way for the senses to work, and nothing here needs fixing. If you took the test out of curiosity, you have still learned what these experiences are and how researchers tell them apart from imagination.", "recommendation": "Ask a few friends the first question about letters and colors. You may find someone who answers differently, and it makes a good conversation." } }, "dimensions": { "grapheme_color": { "name": "Letters and numbers in color", "desc": "Letters, numbers and words that come with colors." }, "sound_color": { "name": "Sounds in color", "desc": "Music, voices and everyday sounds that come with colors or shapes." }, "spatial_sequence": { "name": "Sequences in space", "desc": "Months, numbers and days that sit in a fixed layout around you." }, "personification": { "name": "Personality and character", "desc": "Letters, numbers, days and months that come with a character or mood." }, "taste_touch": { "name": "Taste, touch and body", "desc": "Words, sights or sounds that bring a taste, a texture or a touch sensation." } }, "ui": { "yourResult": "Your result", "scoresTitle": "Your score for each type", "outOf": "out of 9", "bandNone": "No pattern", "bandEveryday": "Everyday associations", "bandPossible": "Possible pattern", "bandStrong": "Strong pattern", "levelPossible": "Possible", "levelStrong": "Strong", "alsoTitle": "Also worth a look", "takeawayTitle": "Takeaway", "limitsTitle": "Honest limits", "limits": "A questionnaire cannot confirm synesthesia. Researchers confirm it by checking that your associations stay the same when you are retested weeks later, and this test cannot do that. Your result shows whether your experiences look like the kind worth checking. Learned associations, common metaphors such as calling a high note bright, and deliberate imagination are all common and do not count as synesthesia. This is a self-report screen, not a diagnosis.", "instrument": "JC-original, inspired by published descriptions of synesthesia types. The 15 questions are our own. A self-report screen, not a diagnosis.", "scaleNote": "Cut points (0-2, 3-5, 6-7, 8-9) are our own choices, not norms. There is no comparison with other people." }, "retakePrompt": { "lastResult": "Last time, your answers came out as {archetype}.", "evolvedHint": "Answer from what happens by itself, not from what you can make happen on purpose. That is the difference this test looks for.", "retakeButton": "Take the test again" } } }, "testNames": { "synesthesia-test": "Synesthesia Test" } }