Wednesday Is Indigo Blue
Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia
$83.74
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
30 September 2011
Summary
How the extraordinary multisensory phenomenon of synesthesia has changed our traditional view of the brain.A person with synesthesia might feel the flavor of food on her fingertips, sense the letter “J” as shimmering magenta or the number “5” as emerald green, hear and taste her husband’s voice as buttery golden brown. Synesthetes rarely talk about their peculiar sensory gift-believing either that everyone else senses the world exactly as they do, or that no one else does. Yet synesthesia occ…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262516709 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0262516705 |
| Author: | Richard E. Cytowic, David M. Eagleman, Dmitri Nabokov |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 30 September 2011 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 13mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“This is a clear, clever book that will appeal to synaesthetes in search ofexplanations, and to all with a passion for neurology’s wild territory.” Liz Else NewScientist
Filled with detailed tables, clarifying illustrations, and instructive chapters, this title, which includes an afterword by Nabokov’s son Dmitri (also a synesthete), should be required reading for teachers and anyone who works with children.
—Library JournalThis is a clear, clever book that will appeal to synaesthetes in search of explanations, and to all with a passion for neurology’s wild territory.
—Liz Else, New ScientistAbout 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.David M. Eagleman, Ph.D., is a neuroscientist at Baylor College of Medicine, where he directs the Center for Synesthesia Research.
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