Synaesthesia
A Very Short Introduction
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9780198749219
Publication date:
15/07/2019
Paperback
144 pages
276x204mm
Price: 350.00 INR
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ISBN:
9780198749219
Publication date:
15/07/2019
Paperback
144 pages
Julia Simner
Introduces the many different ways synaesthesia presents, from tasty words to colourful sounds,Explores the fascinating stories of different individuals' experiences of the world through their forms of synaesthesia,Discusses the links between synaesthesia and artistic creativity,Relates our contemporary understanding of the neuroscience behind synaesthesia,Discusses how synaesthesia can be detected and measured through specialist tests,Part of the Very Short Introductions series - over nine million copies sold worldwide
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Julia Simner
Description
Can you taste words, feel flavours as a shape, or hear colors? If so you may well have synaesthesia, a neurological condition that gives rise to a 'merging of the senses'.
This Very Short Introduction describes synaesthesia's many forms, and delves into the underlying neuroscience. Explaining the scientific basis for synaesthesia, Julia Simner considers how we can measure the effects synaesthesia has on the everyday lives of people living with it. Exploring the fascinating stories of different synaesthetes' experiences of the world, she also discusses the documented links between synaesthesia, childhood development, memory,
personality, and artistic creativity, and the potential limitations synaesthesia might impose.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Julia Simner, Professor of Psychology, University of SussexJulia Simner is a neuropsychologist and researcher in the field of synaesthesia research and multi-sensory processing. Her education and career have taken her to the Universities of Oxford, Toronto, Edinburgh and Sussex, and she now runs the Synesthesia and Sensory Integration lab at the University of Sussex. She is the Science Officer for the UK Synaesthesia Association, Director of the ERC-funded MULTISENSE project, and Director of the Savant Network. Her previous book, The Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia was recently shortlisted for the British Medical Association's Medical Book of the Year.
Julia Simner
Table of contents
Preface
1:What is synaesthesia?
2:Synaesthesia in the brain
3:Synaesthesia and the arts
4:The ups and downs of synaesthesia: is it a 'gift' or a 'condition'?
5:Where does synaesthesia come from? The role of genetics and learning
6:The question of synaesthesia
Conclusion
Further reading
Index
Julia Simner
Description
Can you taste words, feel flavours as a shape, or hear colors? If so you may well have synaesthesia, a neurological condition that gives rise to a 'merging of the senses'.
This Very Short Introduction describes synaesthesia's many forms, and delves into the underlying neuroscience. Explaining the scientific basis for synaesthesia, Julia Simner considers how we can measure the effects synaesthesia has on the everyday lives of people living with it. Exploring the fascinating stories of different synaesthetes' experiences of the world, she also discusses the documented links between synaesthesia, childhood development, memory,
personality, and artistic creativity, and the potential limitations synaesthesia might impose.
ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
About the author
Julia Simner, Professor of Psychology, University of SussexJulia Simner is a neuropsychologist and researcher in the field of synaesthesia research and multi-sensory processing. Her education and career have taken her to the Universities of Oxford, Toronto, Edinburgh and Sussex, and she now runs the Synesthesia and Sensory Integration lab at the University of Sussex. She is the Science Officer for the UK Synaesthesia Association, Director of the ERC-funded MULTISENSE project, and Director of the Savant Network. Her previous book, The Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia was recently shortlisted for the British Medical Association's Medical Book of the Year.
Table of contents
Preface
1:What is synaesthesia?
2:Synaesthesia in the brain
3:Synaesthesia and the arts
4:The ups and downs of synaesthesia: is it a 'gift' or a 'condition'?
5:Where does synaesthesia come from? The role of genetics and learning
6:The question of synaesthesia
Conclusion
Further reading
Index
Stephen J. Blundell
Fred Piper, Sean Murphy
Claudio Tuniz
Nick Lane
Bernard Wood
The Oxford Handbook of Interdisciplinarity
Robert Frodeman, Julie Thompson Klein, Roberto Carlos Dos Santos Pacheco
Nick Jenkins
John Waller
David A. Rothery
Kathleen Taylor
