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Synaesthesia, a phenomenon known to science for over a century, is a rare form of perception in which one sense may respond to stimuli received by other senses--as in "color hearing." This book provides the first history of synaesthesia and of the controversies about its significance. Kevin Dann offers new perspectives on this unusual mode of perception and its relation to the evolution of human consciousness. .
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In a conversation with his physician, a nineteenth-century resident of Paris who lived near the railroad described sensations of brilliant color generated by the sounds of trains passing in the night. This patient - a synaesthete - experienced "color hearing" for letters, words, and most sounds. Synaesthesia, a phenomenon now known to science for more than a century, is a rare form of perception in which one sense may respond to stimuli received by other senses. This fascinating book provides the first historical treatment of synaesthesia and a closely related mode of perception called eideticism. Kevin Dann discusses divergent views of synaesthesia and eideticism of the past hundred years and explores the controversies over the significance of these unusual modes of perception.
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Synaesthesia, a phenomenon known to science for over a century, is a rare form of perception in which one sense may respond to stimuli received by other senses--as in "color hearing." This book provides the first history of synaesthesia and of the controversies about its significance. Kevin Dann offers new perspectives on this unusual mode of perception and its relation to the evolution of human consciousness. .
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In a conversation with his physician, a nineteenth-century resident of Paris who lived near the railroad described sensations of brilliant color generated by the sounds of trains passing in the night. This patient - a synaesthete - experienced "color hearing" for letters, words, and most sounds. Synaesthesia, a phenomenon now known to science for more than a century, is a rare form of perception in which one sense may respond to stimuli received by other senses. This fascinating book provides the first historical treatment of synaesthesia and a closely related mode of perception called eideticism. Kevin Dann discusses divergent views of synaesthesia and eideticism of the past hundred years and explores the controversies over the significance of these unusual modes of perception.
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- Across the Great Border Fault: The Naturalist Myth in America by Kevin T. Dann in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Carnal Thoughts: Embodiment and Moving Image Culture by Vivian Sobchack on page 67
- The Neurobiology of Painting, Volume 74: International Review of Neurobiology by Ronald J. Bradley on page 77
- The Seventh Sense: The Secrets of Remote Viewing as Told by a "Psychic Spy" for the U.S. Military by Lyn Buchanan in Back Matter
- Screen Consciousness: Cinema, Mind and World (Consciousness, Literature and the Arts 4) (Consciousness, Literature & the Arts) by Robert Pepperell on page 37
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