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- catalog abstract "Annotation 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 which synesthesia operates. In a discussion of brain development and neural plasticity, he addresses the possible ubiquity of neonatal synesthesia, the construction of metaphor, and whether everyone is unconsciously synesthetic. In the closing chapters, Cytowic considers synesthetes' personalities, the apparent frequency of the trait among artists, and the subjective and illusory nature of what we take to be objective reality, particularly in the visual realm.The second edition has been extensively revised, reflecting the recent flood of interest in synesthesia and new knowledge of human brain function and development. More than two-thirds of the material is new".
- catalog contributor b13327310.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description "Annotation 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 which synesthesia operates. In a discussion of brain development and neural plasticity, he addresses the possible ubiquity of neonatal synesthesia, the construction of metaphor, and whether everyone is unconsciously synesthetic. In the closing chapters, Cytowic considers synesthetes' personalities, the apparent frequency of the trait among artists, and the subjective and illusory nature of what we take to be objective reality, particularly in the visual realm.The second edition has been extensively revised, reflecting the recent flood of interest in synesthesia and new knowledge of human brain function and development. More than two-thirds of the material is new".
- catalog description "Foreword to the Second Edition / Jonathan Cole -- Foreword to the First Edition / Ayub K. Ommaya -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Synesthetes Speak for Themselves -- 3. Theories of Synesthesia: A Review and a New Proposal -- 4. Overlaps and Evidence for Localization -- 5. Spatial Extension -- 6. The Neural Substrate of Synesthesia -- 7. Developmental Issues -- 8. Synesthesia, Personality, and Art -- 9. Seeing Reality -- Afterword / Hinderk Emrich.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [353]-384) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 394 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Synesthesia.".
- catalog identifier "0262032961 (hbk.)".
- catalog identifier "9780585436791 (electronic bk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Synesthesia.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press,".
- catalog relation "Synesthesia.".
- catalog subject "612.8 21".
- catalog subject "Perception physiology.".
- catalog subject "QP435 .C97 2002".
- catalog subject "Sensation physiology.".
- catalog subject "Senses and sensation.".
- catalog subject "Synesthesia Physiological aspects.".
- catalog subject "WL 705 C997s 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword to the Second Edition / Jonathan Cole -- Foreword to the First Edition / Ayub K. Ommaya -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Synesthetes Speak for Themselves -- 3. Theories of Synesthesia: A Review and a New Proposal -- 4. Overlaps and Evidence for Localization -- 5. Spatial Extension -- 6. The Neural Substrate of Synesthesia -- 7. Developmental Issues -- 8. Synesthesia, Personality, and Art -- 9. Seeing Reality -- Afterword / Hinderk Emrich.".
- catalog title "Synesthesia : a union of the senses / Richard E. Cytowic.".
- catalog type "text".