Synesthesia

by Richard E. Cytowic

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262535092
• ISBN13: 9780262535090
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher