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Synesthesia : Perspectives From Cognitive Neuroscience by Lynn C. Robertson and Noam Sagiv is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Synesthesia : Perspectives From Cognitive Neuroscience about?
If you are looking for a general overview of the concept of synesthesia, I would not recommend this book. This book is instead for the serious student or professional who is interested in the field of synesthesia and what research is being done to define and document it. The book primarily consists of highly detailed descriptions the various experiments done on synesthetes (people who experience synesthesia) and the outcomes of those experiments. Further, the book almost entirely dicsusses grapheme-color synesthesia, or synesthesia experienced by associating numbers and letters with specific colors. Other forms of synesthesia are mentioned, but all of the experiments appear to be related to the above-mentioned version of the experience. Finally, the book is appropriately deadpan, offering only that this and that experiment suggests this and that. There is no emphasis whatsoever on spiritual issues or anything "New Age." The book is well-organized and articulate, but highly technical while being only mildly conceptual. Most of the experiments mentioned define what synesthesia is \*not\* rather than what it is. Its most important contribution is the emphasis on describing the machi
Who reads Synesthesia : Perspectives From Cognitive Neuroscience?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Lynn C. Robertson and Noam Sagiv
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9786610533985
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Science, Psychology, Medical
- Rating
- 4.14 / 5 (7 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14