Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses - Rilegato

Cytowic, Richard E.

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ISBN 10: 0387968075 ISBN 13: 9780387968070

Casa editrice: Springer Verlag, 1989

Riassunto

Synesthesia comes from the Greek syn (meaning union) and aisthesis (sensation), literally interpreted as a joining of the senses. Synesthesia is an involuntary joining in which the real information from one sense is joined or accompanies a perception in another. Dr. Cytowic reports extensive research into the physical, psychological, neural, and familial background of a group of synesthets. His findings form the first complete picture of the brain mechanisms that underlie this remarkable perceptual experience. His research demonstrates that this rare condition is brain-based and perceptual and not mind-based, as is the case with memory or imagery.Synesthesia offers a unique and detailed study of a condition which has confounded scientists for more than 200 years.

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Contenuti:

Contents: Introduction.- Synesthetes Speak for Themselves.- Theories of Synesthesia: A Review and a New Proposal.- Overlaps: To What is Synesthesia Similar?- The Neural Substrates of Synesthesia.- Synesthesia and Language.- Synesthesia and Personality.- Synesthesia and Art.- What is Real?- Conclusions.- Appendix.- References.- Index.

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Book by Cytowic Richard E

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• Editore: Springer Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0387968075
• ISBN 13: 9780387968070
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 368