How the extraordinary multisensory phenomenon of synesthesia has changed our traditional view of the brain.
Table 2.3 Color, gender, and personalities of Megan Timberlake's graphemes Alphabet A Bright-to-medium yellow; ... casual character G Slightly lighter than medium purple; male; rugged good looks and credible H Orange but toned down ...
Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia Richard E. Cytowic, David Eagleman. Table 2.3 ( continued ) Punctuation marks ? Cranberry - purple ; masculine ; respectable , serious , mannerly Dark - gray ; male ; a bit irreverent . : and !
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This 2003 edition features a new afterword.
Far from a mere curiosity, synesthesia illuminates a wide swath of mental life. In this classic text, Richard Cytowic quickly disposes of earlier criticisms that the phenomenon cannot be "real," demonstrating that it is indeed brain-based.
This 2003 edition features a new afterword.
A biologically oriented introduction to synesthesia by the leading authority on thesubject.
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In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Richard Cytowic, the expert who returned synesthesia to mainstream science after decades of oblivion, offers a concise, accessible primer on this fascinating human experience.