Woman’s Bizarre Talent Helps Doctors Diagnose Neurological Disorder

Synesthesia

Joy learned that part of the reason why she was able to describe the scent of Parkinson's was due to synesthesia, a neurological disorder in which types of sensory information are registered incorrectly. This allows her to visualize smells and even experience them as sensations...

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