# Can we see time? Exploring synesthesia

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxOxford
- Speaker: Imogen Malpas
- Year: 2020
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Psychology and the brain, Society and politics
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/imogen_malpas_can_we_see_time_exploring_synesthesia)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

You may have heard of synesthesia, the condition that allows some people to see music or smell colors. This might seem like a strange superpower to most, but Imogen Malpas explains how everyone has a form of synesthesia: one that links time and space. She explores where these synesthetic traits come from–and what they reveal about our histories, our cultures, and our selves.

## Lectures

1. [Can we see time? Exploring synesthesia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/imogen_malpas_can_we_see_time_exploring_synesthesia/2ebb430b773d), 17 min (TED's player)