Synesthesia /
Richard E. Cytowic, M.D., M.F.A.
- xv, 261 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm.
- The MIT Press essential knowledge series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What synesthesia is and isn't -- A brief two-hundred-year history -- Alphabets, numerals and refrigerator magnet patterns -- Five distinct clusters -- Just how constrained is your umwelt? -- Chemosensation: citrus feels prickly, coffee tastes oily green, and white paint smells blue -- See with your ears -- Orgasms, aura, emotions, and touch -- Number forms and spatial sequences -- Aquired synesthesia: more different than same -- Mechanisms -- Glossary -- Notes -- Further reading -- Index.