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Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses. 2nd ed. by Richard E. Cytowic; Hinderk M. Emrich is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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For decades, scientists who heard about synesthesia hearing colors, tasting words, seeing colored pain just shrugged their shoulders or rolled their eyes. Now, as irrefutable evidence mounts that some healthy brains really do this, we are forced to ask how this squares with some cherished conceptions of neuroscience. These include binding, modularity, functionalism, blindsight, and consciousness. The good news is that when old theoretical structures fall, new light may flood in. Far from a mere curiosity, synesthesia illuminates a wide swath of mental life.In this classic text, Richard Cytowic quickly disposes of earlier criticisms that the phenomenon cannot be "real," demonstrating that it is indeed brain-based. Following a historical introduction, he lays out the phenomenology of synesthesia in detail and gives criteria for clinical diagnosis and an objective "test of genuineness." He reviews theories and experimental procedures to localize the plausible level of the neuraxis at

Who reads Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses. 2nd ed.?

Author

Richard E. Cytowic; Hinderk M. Emrich

Publisher

The MIT Press

Published

2002

Language

EN

ISBN

9780262271073

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Medical, Psychology

Rating

5 / 5 (5 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14