Discuss one theory of why a person might experience synesthesia.

What will be an ideal response?


In some cases of synesthesia, axons from one cortical area branch into another cortical area. In other cases, it is genetic and seems to run in families with people who have absolute pitch. In some other cases, there seems to be a learning component since individuals are not born knowing the alphabet, for example.

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