Fascinating! I have been doing some research on synesthesia and it is a very interesting phenomena. For me numbers are connected with emotions more than colors. Since creating a visual representation and/or making an emotional connection is so important for learning and retaining information, associating something known with something being learning can be very helpful for many people. One objective in early math learning is helping kids see and recognize numbers as groups of objects without having to count them (subitizing) rather than merely seeing numbers as "symbols". (For example, knowing *** is three, not just "3" is three). Perhaps kids that see these groups in colors may be able to memorize the concepts of numbers more effectively. Something interesting for future research....
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