Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses
Sharing a root with anesthesia, meaning “no sensation,” synesthesia means “joined sensation,” whereby two or more senses are coupled such that a voice is not only heard, but also felt, seen, or tasted. Synesthetes are surprised to discover that others aren’t like them!
In this first English-language book, Cytowic shows how synesthesia no mere curiosity, but a window onto a wide swath of mental life, such as metaphor, consciousness, creativity, and language. He gives the first complete picture of the brain mechanisms behind this remarkable experience that has confounded scientists for 200 years.
This new edition brings the reader rapidly up to date with the scholarly and scientific debates in this field, and will stand as the new textbook on this unusual condition. — Simon Baron–Cohen, University of Cambridge.
