Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia

by Richard E. Cytowic, David Eagleman, David M. Eagleman

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262516705
• ISBN13: 9780262516709
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher