Synesthesia
$33.25
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
9 March 2018
Summary
An accessible, concise primer on the neurological trait of synesthesia-vividly felt sensory couplings-by a founder of the field.One in twenty-three people carry the genes for the synesthesia. Not a disorder but a neurological trait-like perfect pitch-synesthesia creates vividly felt cross-sensory couplings. A synesthete might hear a voice and at the same time see it as a color or shape, taste its distinctive flavor, or feel it as a physical touch. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Kno…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262535090 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262535092 |
| Author: | Richard E. Cytowic |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 9 March 2018 |
| Weight: | 264g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 127mm x 16mm |
| Series: | Synesthesia |
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About The Author
Richard E. Cytowic
Richard E. Cytowic, M.D., MFA, a pioneering researcher in synesthesia, is Professor of Neurology at George Washington University. He is the author of Synesthesia- A Union of the Senses, The Man Who Tasted Shapes, The Neurological Side of Neuropsychology and (with David M. Eagleman) the Montaigne Medal-winner Wednesday Is Indigo Blue- Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia, all published by the MIT Press.
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