smell photism

smell photism
   A term used to denote a type of *synaesthesia characterized by a hallucinated colour sensation (i.e. a * photism) which is triggered by a regular olfactory percept.
   References
   Cytowic, R.E. (2002). Synesthesia. A union ofthe senses. Second edition. Cambridge, MA.

Dictionary of Hallucinations. . 2010.

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