Synesthesia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   • Richard E. Cytowic

   Pages 1-22

3. Synesthetes Speak for Themselves

   • Richard E. Cytowic

   Pages 23-60

4. Theories of Synesthesia: A Review and a New Proposal

   • Richard E. Cytowic

   Pages 61-90

5. Overlaps: To What Is Synesthesia Similar?

   • Richard E. Cytowic

   Pages 91-146

6. The Neural Substrates of Synesthesia

   • Richard E. Cytowic

   Pages 147-176

7. Synesthesia and Language

   • Richard E. Cytowic

   Pages 177-189

8. Synesthesia and Personality

   • Richard E. Cytowic

   Pages 190-237

9. Synesthesia and Art

   • Richard E. Cytowic

   Pages 238-283

10. What Is Real?

    • Richard E. Cytowic

    Pages 284-324

11. Conclusions

    • Richard E. Cytowic

    Pages 325-326

12. Back Matter

    Pages 329-350

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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.

• brain
• memory
• perception
• personality
• tissue

• Capitol Neurology, Bethesda, USA

  Richard E. Cytowic

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