Discussion
When stimulation of one sense evokes a sensation in another sense, it is called as ...........
Answer: A
This is Synesthesia.
Synesthesia is a condition in which stimulation of one sensory modality automatically produces an experience in another. A synesthete may see colours when hearing music, or perceive particular letters or numbers as having particular colours (grapheme-colour synesthesia), consistently over time.
Sensation is the detection of stimuli by a sense organ, and perception is the organisation and interpretation of sensations. 'Sensory perception' simply combines the two. None of these refers to one sense triggering experience in another.
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