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Synaesthesia and Individual Differences

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ISBN 13 : 9781316330623
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (36 download)

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Download or read book Synaesthesia and Individual Differences written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synaesthesia is a fascinating cognitive phenomenon where one type of stimulation evokes the sensation of another. For example, synaesthetes might perceive colours when listening to music, or tastes in the mouth when reading words. This book provides an insight into the idiosyncratic nature of synaesthesia by exploring its relationships with other dimensions of individual differences. Many characteristics of linguistic-colour synaesthetes are covered including personality, temperament, intelligence, creativity, emotionality, attention, memory, imagination, colour perception, body lateralization and gender. Aleksandra Rogowska proposes that linguistic-colour synaesthesia can be considered as an abstract form of a continuous variable in the broader context of cross- and intra-modal associations. There has been a resurgence of interest in synaesthesia and this book will appeal to students and scientists of psychology, cognitive science and social science, and to those who are fascinated by unusual states of mind.

Synaesthesia and Individual Differences

Author : Aleksandra Maria Rogowska
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107096189
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Synaesthesia and Individual Differences written by Aleksandra Maria Rogowska and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-03-19 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A multidisciplinary exploration of the relationships between linguistic-colour synaesthesia and various dimensions of individual differences in human cognition.

Wednesday Is Indigo Blue

Author : Richard E. Cytowic
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262260557
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book Wednesday Is Indigo Blue written by Richard E. Cytowic and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing the neuroscience and genetics behind synesthesia—and how this multi-sensory phenomenon changed our view of the brain. A person with synesthesia might feel the flavor of food on her fingertips, sense the letter “J” as shimmering magenta or the number “5” as emerald green, hear and taste her husband’s voice as buttery golden brown. Synesthetes rarely talk about their peculiar sensory gift—believing either that everyone else senses the world exactly as they do, or that no one else does. Yet synesthesia occurs in 1 in 20 people, and is even more common among artists. One famous synesthete was novelist Vladimir Nabokov, who insisted as a toddler that the colors on his wooden alphabet blocks were “all wrong.” His mother understood exactly what he meant because she, too, had synesthesia. Nabokov's son Dmitri, who recounts this tale in the afterword to this book, is also a synesthete—further illustrating how synesthesia runs in families. Wednesday Is Indigo Blue reveals how the extraordinary multisensory phenomenon of synesthesia has changed our traditional view of the brain. Because synesthesia contradicted existing theory, researcher Richard Cytowic spent 20 years persuading colleagues that it was a real—and important—brain phenomenon rather than a mere curiosity. Today, scientists in 15 countries are exploring synesthesia and how it is changing the traditional view of how the brain works. Cytowic and neuroscientist David Eagleman argue that perception is already multisensory, though for most of us its multiple dimensions exist beyond the reach of consciousness. Reality, they point out, is more subjective than most people realize. No mere curiosity, synesthesia is a window on the mind and brain, highlighting the amazing differences in the way people see the world.

Synesthesia

Author : Lynn C. Robertson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019516623X
Total Pages : 279 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)

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Download or read book Synesthesia written by Lynn C. Robertson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owing to its bizarre nature and its implications for understanding how brains work, synesthesia has recently received a lot of attention in the popular press and motivated a great deal of research and discussion among scientists. The questions generated by these two communities are intriguing: Does the synesthetic phenomenon require awareness and attention? How does a feature that is not present become bound to one that is? Does synesthesia develop or is it hard wired? Should it change our way of thinking about perceptual experience in general? What is its value in understanding perceptual systems as a whole?This volume brings together a distinguished group of investigators from diverse backgrounds--among them neuroscientists, novelists, and synesthetes themselves--who provide fascinating answers to these questions. Although each approaches synesthesia from a very different perspective, and each was curious about and investigated synesthesia for very different reasons, the similarities between their work cannot be ignored. The research presented in this volume demonstrates that it is no longer reasonable to ask whether or not synesthesia is real--we must now ask how we can account for it from cognitive, neurobiological, developmental, and evolutionary perspectives. This book will be important reading for any scientist interested in brain and mind, not to mention synesthetes themselves, and others who might be wondering what all the fuss is about.

The Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia

Author : Julia Simner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198836279
Total Pages : 1104 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia written by Julia Simner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synesthesia is a fascinating phenomenon which has captured the imagination of scientists and artists alike. This title brings together a broad body of knowledge about this condition into one definitive state-of-the-art handbook.

Synaesthesia

Author : Michael Banissy
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889195597
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Synaesthesia written by Michael Banissy and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2015-10-07 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synaesthesia is a rare experience in which one property of a stimulus evokes a secondary experience that is not typically associated with the first (e.g. hearing words can evoke tastes). In recent years a number of studies have highlighted the authenticity of synaesthesia and attempted to use the experience to inform us about typical processes in perception and cognition. This Research Topic brings together research on synaesthesia and typical cross modal interactions to discuss the mechanisms of synaesthesia and what it can tell us about typical perceptual processes. Topics include, but are not limited to, the neurocognitive mechanisms that give rise to synaesthesia; the extent to which synaesthesia does / does not share commonalities with typical cross-modal correspondences; broader cognitive and perceptual consequences that are linked to synaesthesia; and perspectives on the origins / defining characteristics of synaesthesia.

Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia

Author : Julia Simner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199603324
Total Pages : 1104 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia written by Julia Simner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synesthesia is a fascinating phenomenon which has captured the imagination of scientists and artists alike. This title brings together a broad body of knowledge about this condition into one definitive state-of-the-art handbook.

Developing Synaesthesia

Author : Nicolas Rothen
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889195791
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Developing Synaesthesia written by Nicolas Rothen and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2015-07-24 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synaesthesia is a condition in which a stimulus elicits an additional subjective experience. For example, the letter E printed in black (the inducer) may trigger an additional colour experience as a concurrent (e.g., blue). Synaesthesia tends to run in families and thus, a genetic component is likely. However, given that the stimuli that typically induce synaesthesia are cultural artefacts, a learning component must also be involved. Moreover, there is evidence that synaesthetic experiences not only activate brain areas typically involved in processing sensory input of the concurrent modality; synaesthesia seems to cause a structural reorganisation of the brain. Attempts to train non-synaesthetes with synaesthetic associations have been successful in mimicking certain behavioural aspects and posthypnotic induction of synaesthetic experiences in non-synaesthetes has even led to the according phenomenological reports. These latter findings suggest that structural brain reorganization may not be a critical precondition, but rather a consequence of the sustained coupling of inducers and concurrents. Interestingly, synaesthetes seem to be able to easily transfer synaesthetic experiences to novel stimuli. Beyond this, certain drugs (e.g., LSD) can lead to synaesthesia-like experiences and may provide additional insights into the neurobiological basis of the condition. Furthermore, brain damage can both lead to a sudden presence of synaesthetic experiences in previously non-synaesthetic individuals and a sudden absence of synaesthesia in previously synaesthetic individuals. Moreover, enduring sensory substitution has been effective in inducing a kind of acquired synaesthesia. Besides informing us about the cognitive mechanisms of synaesthesia, synaesthesia research is relevant for more general questions, for example about consciousness such as the binding problem, about crossmodal correspondences and about how individual differences in perceiving and experiencing the world develop. Hence the aim of the current Research Topic is to provide novel insights into the development of synaesthesia both in its genuine and acquired form. We welcome novel experimental work and theoretical contributions (e.g., review and opinion articles) focussing on factors such as brain maturation, learning, training, hypnosis, drugs, sensory substitution and brain damage and their relation to the development of any form of synaesthesia.

Synaesthesia: Theoretical, artistic and scientific foundations

Author : María José de Córdoba
Publisher : Fundación Internacional artecittà
ISBN 13 : 8493905496
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (939 download)

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Download or read book Synaesthesia: Theoretical, artistic and scientific foundations written by María José de Córdoba and published by Fundación Internacional artecittà. This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synaesthesia: Theoretical, artistic and scientific foundations Editorial Board Sean A. Day (Trident Technical College, USA. President of the American Synesthesia Association) Maria José De Córdoba (Granada University, Department of Drawing) Emilio G. Milán (Granada University, Department of Experimental Psychology) Ed Hubbard (Vanderbilt University, Department of Psychology and Human Development) Dina Riccò (Politecnico di Milano University, Department of Design) Editorial Staff Edited by: Maria Josè De Cordoba, Dina Riccò, Sean Day The three editors have worked in collaboration on the entire book. In particular: M.J. De Cordoba has edited chapters I.2, I.4, I.5., II.2, II.6, II.7, II.8; D. Riccò chapters I.1, I.3, II.1, II.3, II.4, II.5; and Sean Day has edited the English revision of the whole book. Chapters written in native English by the respective authors: I.1, I.2, I.5, II.1. English translation from Spanish: Julia López de la Torre Lucha (Foreword, Preface, chapters I.4, II.2, II.7, II.8); Donald Hubert Duffy III (chapter II.5). English Translation from Italian: Margaret Wood / Intras Congressi Bologna (chapters I.6, II.4), Peter Deville (chapter I.3), John Lander, Annarita Guidi and Maria Catricalà (chapter II.3). English Translation from Russian: Anton V. Sidoroff-Dorso (Chapter II.6). Special thanks to Timothy B. Layden. Graphic coordination: Dina Riccò Graphic design: Giulia Martimucci Visual: Alessandro Zamperini © 2014 Ediciones Fundación Internacional ArteCittà, Granada (Spain) Original Title: Sinestesia. Los fundamentos teóricos, artísticos y científicos, by Maria José De Cordoba, Dina Riccò et al. First Spanish Edition published in 2012 by Ediciones Fundación Internacional Artecittà (Granada, Spain) eBook Edition ISBN: 978-84-939054-9-1 D.L.: GR 1383-2014 (14.07.2014) Produced by Fundación Internacional Artecittà, Granada, Spain Printed Edition ISBN: 978-84-939054-6-0 D.L.: GR 1382-2014 (14.07.2014) Printing: Imprenta Del Carmen, Granada, Spain First English Edition: July 2014

Synesthesia

Author : Richard E. Cytowic
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 026234629X
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Synesthesia written by Richard E. Cytowic and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-03-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible, concise primer on the neurological trait of synesthesia—vividly felt sensory couplings—by a founder of the field. One in twenty-three people carry the genes for the synesthesia. Not a disorder but a neurological trait—like perfect pitch—synesthesia creates vividly felt cross-sensory couplings. A synesthete might hear a voice and at the same time see it as a color or shape, taste its distinctive flavor, or feel it as a physical touch. In this volume in the MIT Press Essential Knowledge series, Richard Cytowic, the expert who returned synesthesia to mainstream science after decades of oblivion, offers a concise, accessible primer on this fascinating human experience. Cytowic explains that synesthesia's most frequent manifestation is seeing days of the week as colored, followed by sensing letters, numerals, and punctuation marks in different hues even when printed in black. Other manifestations include tasting food in shapes, seeing music in moving colors, and mapping numbers and other sequences spatially. One synesthete declares, “Chocolate smells pink and sparkly”; another invents a dish (chicken, vanilla ice cream, and orange juice concentrate) that tastes intensely blue. Cytowic, who in the 1980s revived scientific interest in synesthesia, sees it now understood as a spectrum, an umbrella term that covers five clusters of outwardly felt couplings that can occur via several pathways. Yet synesthetic or not, each brain uniquely filters what it perceives. Cytowic reminds us that each individual's perspective on the world is thoroughly subjective.

Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Synaesthesia

Author : J. B. Mattingley
Publisher : Elsevier srl
ISBN 13 : 9788821429422
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (294 download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Neuroscience Perspective on Synaesthesia written by J. B. Mattingley and published by Elsevier srl. This book was released on 2006 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Student′s Guide to Cognitive Neuropsychology

Author : Ashok Jansari
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1529602785
Total Pages : 458 pages
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Download or read book A Student′s Guide to Cognitive Neuropsychology written by Ashok Jansari and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2022-09-10 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are all brains the same? What causes amnesia? And why did a man mistake his psychologist for George Michael? Find out the answers to these questions, and much more, in A Student′s Guide to Cognitive Neuropsychology. Written in an informative and accessible style, this comprehensive text guides you through the traditional areas of cognitive neuropsychology and beyond, applying core theoretical principles to real-world scenarios. Covering topics from memory to facial recognition, and from language to neglect, this textbook is essential reading for any student of cognitive neuropsychology. A Student′s Guide to Cognitive Neuropsychology also includes features to help enhance your understanding of cognitive neuropsychology, such as: Important researcher spotlights Key research studies Questions for reflection Further reading Ashok Jansari is Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Neuropsychology at Goldsmiths, University of London.

Sensory Blending

Author : Ophelia Deroy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199688281
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book Sensory Blending written by Ophelia Deroy and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synaesthesia is, in the words of the cognitive neuroscientist Cytowic, a strange sensory blending. Synaesthetes report seeing colours when hearing sounds or proper names, or they experience tastes when reading the names of subway stations. How do these rare cases relate to other more common examples where sensory experiences get mixed - cases like mirror-touch, personification, cross-modal mappings, and drug experiences? Are we all more or less synaesthetes, and does this mean that we are all subjects of crossmodal illusions? Could some apparently strange sensory cases give us an insight into how perception works? Recent research on the causes and prevalence of synaesthesia raises new questions regarding the links between these cases, and the unity of the condition. By bringing together contributions from leading cognitive neuroscientists and philosophers, this volume considers for the first time the broader theoretical lessons arising from such cases of sensory blending, with regard to the nature of perception and consciousness, the boundaries between perception, illusion and imagination, and the communicability and sharing of experiences.

Actas del VII Congreso Internacional de “Sinestesia: Ciencia y Arte”. El Reto físico/digital //VII International Congress “Synaesthesia: Science and Art” * The digital / physical challenge *. 26-29 October 2022 [live+digital] Granada & Alcalà la Real / Spain. + Actividades Paralelas 2022.

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Author : 51 autores investigadores
Publisher : Fundación Internacional artecittà
ISBN 13 : 8494866567
Total Pages : 572 pages
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Download or read book Actas del VII Congreso Internacional de “Sinestesia: Ciencia y Arte”. El Reto físico/digital //VII International Congress “Synaesthesia: Science and Art” * The digital / physical challenge *. 26-29 October 2022 [live+digital] Granada & Alcalà la Real / Spain. + Actividades Paralelas 2022. written by 51 autores investigadores and published by Fundación Internacional artecittà. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Libro de Actas del VII Congreso Internacional de Sinestesia, Ciencia y Arte celebrado en Granada y Alcalá la Real, Jaén ( España) Sedes: Facultad de Bellas Artes Alonso Cano, Universidad de Granada, España. Convento de Capuchino, Alcalá la Real (Jaén), España. Teatro Martínez Montañés, Alcalá la Real (Jaén), España. Versión digital, Septiembre de 2022. Primera Edición/First edition: Septiembre 2022 E-book ISBN: 978-84-948665-6-2 Comité editorial: Mª José de Córdoba Serrano; Dina Riccò; Timothy B. Layden. Diseño imagen, trípticos de promoción y cartel: Federico Barquero Mesa. ©Editorial: Fundación Internacional Artecittà. Granada. 2022. C/Doctor Medina Olmos nº 44. 18015-Granada, España. [email protected] http://www.artecitta.es Nota aclaratoria: E-book interactivo. Formato PDF. Todo el material recogido en este libro de Actas está protegido por copyright, ley internacional, y no debe ser reproducido, distribuido, ni publicado sin el permiso expreso solicitado previamente a sus autores//All materials contained on this Book are protected by International copyright laws and cannot be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcasted without the prior written permission of the publisher. Los textos se presentan como han sido enviados por los congresistas/investigadores, respetando si han querido publicar sus textos completos o sólo los resúmenes. Comité Organizador/Organization Committee: Comité de dirección: Mª José de Córdoba. F.I.A.C. y UGR, Granada, España.; Dina Riccò, Politecnico di Milano y F.I.A.C., Milán, Italia. Coordinadores FIAC: Julia López de la Torre y Timothy B Layden. Coordinadores Internacionales: Sean A Day, (IASAS y FIAC); Anton Sidoroff Dorso (Delegación FIAC Rusia); Ninghui Xiong (Delegación FIAC, (China); Timothy B Layden (Delegación FIAC, Inglaterra); Gaby Cardoso (Argentina). Comité Científico//scientific committee: Sean A Day, Joerg Jewanski, Anton Sidoroff Dorso, Danko Nikolic, Dina Riccò, Mª José de Córdoba, Helena Melero.

Visual Perception Part 2

Author : Susana Martinez-Conde
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080466095
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)

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Download or read book Visual Perception Part 2 written by Susana Martinez-Conde and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2006-10-06 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a collection of articles reflecting state-of-the-art research in visual perception, specifically concentrating on neural correlates of perception. Each section addresses one of the main topics in vision research today. Part 2: Fundamentals of Awareness, Multi-Sensory Integration and High-Order Perception covers topics from filling-in to visual awareness to crossmodal interactions. A variety of methodological approaches are represented, including single-neuron recordings, fMRI and optical imaging, psychophysics, eye movement characterization and computational modelling. The contributions will provide the reader with a valuable perspective on the current status of vision research, and more importantly, with critical insight into future research directions and the discoveries yet to come. · Provides a detailed breakdown of the neural and psychophysical bases of Perception · Presents never-before-published original discoveries · Includes multiple full-color illustrations

Synaesthesia

Author : John E. Harrison
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN 13 : 9780631197645
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Synaesthesia written by John E. Harrison and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1997-01-23 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Synaesthesia is a condition in which a stimulus in one sensory modality automatically triggers a perceptual experience in another sensory modality. For example, on hearing a sound, the person immediately sees a colour. This volume brings together what is known about this fascinating neurological condition. The above questions, and new issues arising from the recent wave of cognitive neuroscientific research into synaesthesia, are debated in a series of chapters by leading authorities in the field.

Synesthesia

Author : Richard E. Cytowic
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461235421
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Synesthesia written by Richard E. Cytowic and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.