Synesthesia: A Union of the SensesSpringer Science & Business Media, 6 dic 2012 - 354 páginas Synesthesia comes from the Greek syn (meaning union) and aisthesis (sensation), literally interpreted as a joining of the senses. Synesthesia is an involuntary joining in which the real information from one sense is joined or accompanies a perception in another. Dr. Cytowic reports extensive research into the physical, psychological, neural, and familial background of a group of synesthets. His findings form the first complete picture of the brain mechanisms that underlie this remarkable perceptual experience. His research demonstrates that this rare condition is brain-based and perceptual and not mind-based, as is the case with memory or imagery. Synesthesia offers a unique and detailed study of a condition which has confounded scientists for more than 200 years. |
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Synesthetes Speak for Themselves | 23 |
of the Parallel Sense | 41 |
Psychological Influence and Stigma | 49 |
Familial Cases | 56 |
To What Is Synesthesia Similar? | 91 |
1 | 116 |
12 | 123 |
Synesthesia and Personality | 190 |
21 | 211 |
23 | 219 |
Synesthesia and Art | 238 |
What is Real? | 284 |
Conclusions | 325 |
| 327 | |
56 | 334 |
19 | 131 |
The Neural Substrates of Synesthesia | 147 |
Synesthesia and Language | 177 |
66 | 345 |
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