Synesthesia Assessment Test

See which sense leads how someone takes in the world in about 3 minutes. With 15 quick items, it maps their inner coding style and offers clues to creative and literary strengths.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

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2/3

Gustatory (G)

Measures how strongly taste sensations arise as associations to non-taste stimuli in cross-modal perception.

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0 – 1: Low | 2 – 3: High

A score of 2 indicates a high tendency for taste-related associations to accompany other sensory inputs, suggesting richer cross-modal imagery.

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1/3

Olfactory (O)

Measures how strongly a person experiences smell-related associations in response to stimuli from other senses.

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0 – 1: Low | 2: Moderate | 3: High

A score of 1 suggests a low level of odor-based cross-modal associations, with smells arising occasionally or weakly in response to other sensory cues.

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1/3

Kinesthetic (K)

Measures how strongly bodily or movement sensations are evoked when processing stimuli through other sensory channels.

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0 – 1: Low | 2 – 3: High

A score of 1 falls in the Low range, suggesting bodily or motor sensations are present but not a prominent part of your cross-modal perception.

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2/3

Auditory (A)

Measures how strongly a person links sounds with other sensory impressions, reflecting cross-modal auditory imagery and auditory memory tendencies.

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0 – 1: Low | 2: Moderate | 3: High

A score of 2 indicates a moderate tendency to form sound-based associations with other sensations, suggesting a fairly developed auditory component of synesthesia.

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1/3

Visual (V)

Measures the tendency to generate visual imagery in response to non-visual stimuli as part of cross-modal perception.

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0 – 1: Low | 2 – 3: High

A score of 1 suggests a low level of visually driven synesthetic imagery, with visual images arising occasionally but not as a dominant response pattern.

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6/15

Synesthesia Sensitivity (SS)

Measures how readily a person experiences cross-modal (synesthetic) perceptions, indicating how sensory information is internally represented and linked to creative expression.

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0 – 5: Low | 6 – 10: Moderate | 11 – 15: High

A score of 6 suggests a moderate sensitivity to synesthesia, meaning occasional cross-sensory associations that may support imaginative or literary-style representation without being strongly pronounced.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Creative writing learners

41%OF USERS

People who write or study literature take it to see their dominant sensory style and whether cross-sensory perception supports their creative voice.

Psychology clients and seekers

34%OF USERS

Those exploring self-understanding use it to learn how they internally encode information and which sensory channel guides their everyday thinking.

Teachers and school psychologists

25%OF USERS

Educators take it to quickly profile students’ perception patterns and spot strengths that may relate to verbal or literary abilities.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

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Gustatory (G)

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Osmic (O)

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Kinesthetic (K)

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Auditory (A)

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Visual (V)

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Sensitivity to Synesthesia (StS)

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4.4

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

For the word shown at the top, select one of the three words listed below. Only one word may be selected. Complete the task as quickly as possible. There are no incorrect answers.

- evening
- distant
- cold
- bitter
- thick
- gray
- unharvested
- silent
- yellow

These are 3 of the 15 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

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WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Synesthesia Assessment Test - Symptoms and Signs

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This brief self-report measure is designed to screen for cross-modal perceptual experiences and related patterns in sensory representation. The Synesthesia Assessment is intended to help characterize the individual’s predominant sensory modality and the extent of atypical sensory blending in everyday perception (Cytowic).

The instrument consists of 15 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. Results are generally used as an initial indicator to guide further clinical interviewing or more comprehensive assessment, rather than as a standalone diagnostic determination. In clinical or educational contexts, the Synesthesia Assessment may support discussion of perceptual style and possible associations with imaginative or language-based functioning, interpreted cautiously and in conjunction with collateral information.

Author: Richard E. Cytowic

Literature: Gallagher, S. How the body shapes the mind. Oxford University Press. 2005.; Goldstein, E. B. Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research, and everyday experience. Cengage Learning. 2011.