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Ideasthesia
Ideasthesia meaning
A neurological or cognitive phenomenon in which activation of a particular concept triggers a sensory-like experience.
Example sentences (3)
For example, research on ideasthesia shows that qualia are organised into a semantic-like network.
Ideasthesia is a psychological phenomenon in which activation of concepts evokes sensory experiences.
Research on ideasthesia emerged from research on synesthesia where it was noted that a synesthetic experience requires first an activation of a concept of the inducer.