This type of problem solving is neurologically distinct from analytic or strategic problem solving.

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What sets this type of enterprise apart is that it caters to two distinct groups of customers and each sort benefits the more custom there is from the other sort.

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The most common type is grapheme-colour synaesthesia where people perceive words, letters and numbers as distinct colours.

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