Synaesthesia is a condition in which a stimulus in one sensory modality automatically triggers a perceptual experience in another sensory modality. For example, on hearing a sound, the person immediately sees a colour. This volume brings together what is known about this fascinating neurological condition. The above questions, and new issues arising from the recent wave of cognitive neuroscientific research into synaesthesia, are debated in a series of chapters by leading authorities in the field.
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Synaesthesia is a condition in which a stimulus in one sensory modality automatically triggers a perceptual experience in another. For example, on hearing a sound, the person immediately sees a color. How does this happen? Is it a real phenomenon? Why do some people develop this condition and not others? And might synaesthesia unlock important clues about the organization of the normal brain?
This volume brings together what is known about this fascinating neurological condition. The above questions, and new issues arising from the recent wave of cognitive neuroscientific research into synaesthesia, are debated in a series of chapters by leading authorities in the field. The book will be of great interest to researchers and students in the cognitive neurosciences, and is intended to spark further investigation into this relatively neglected, extraordinary phenomenon.
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Simon Baron-Cohen is Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge. He is Director of the Autism Research Centre (ARC) in Cambridge.
John E Harrison is a Researh Associate at the University of Cambridge.
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An interesting and very diverse book on synaesthesia,
By steve (jhiggins@goucher.edu) (Baltimore, MD) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Synaesthesia: Classic and Contemporary Readings (Paperback)
Just like most books of collected readings, Classic and Contemp. Readings presents many conflicting view points that can either confuse the reader or stimulate the reader (hopefully both). Some of the readings are relatively old so the language and ideas are a little archaic. All in all however the diverse readings represent a good majority of the ideas behind synaesthesia. This book is for serious exploration into synaesthesia.
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- Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation (Post-Contemporary Interventions) by Brian Massumi in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Extent of the Literal: Metaphor, Polysemy and Theories of Concepts by Marina Rakova in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Screen Consciousness: Cinema, Mind and World (Consciousness, Literature and the Arts 4) (Consciousness, Literature & the Arts S.) by Robert Pepperell on page 37, and page 38
- The Body Electric: An Anatomy of the New Bionic Senses by James Geary in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numbers by V. S. Ramachandran in Back Matter
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