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Universal Synesthesia

Author : Jorge Sosa
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665514922
Total Pages : 339 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)

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Book Synopsis Universal Synesthesia by : Jorge Sosa

Download or read book Universal Synesthesia written by Jorge Sosa and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-03-05 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The hard problem of consciousness is easily one of the most fascinating and enigmatic problems humanity has devised. A close tie would be the question regarding whether or not it is possible to conceive of a physical theory of everything. Do the machinations of mind have any real objective significance? Does physical reality truly abide by a set of knowable fundamental principles? This book, along with its many referential sources, attempts to answer these questions by viewing them through the lens of varying fields spanning from Theoretical Physics and Cognitive Science, to Buddhism and the Hermetica. It explores the relationships between qualitative and quantitative phenomena and exposes an underlying symmetry, that symmetry of which serves to combine the two paramount questions into one philosophical query. In short, this is an attempt at a first principles theory of mind, matter, and existence as a whole. One that synthesizes reductionist logic and holistic understandings into one ontological perspective. Our entire universe is in a state of synesthesia, and the subjective faculties of cognition are key components in the creation of a complete picture of objective reality.

Digital Synesthesia

Author : Katharina Gsöllpointner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110459930
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Book Synopsis Digital Synesthesia by : Katharina Gsöllpointner

Download or read book Digital Synesthesia written by Katharina Gsöllpointner and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Die Publikation versammelt die Ergebnisse des künstlerischen Forschungsprojekts DIGITAL SYNESTHESIA (2013-2016) und stellt erstmals ein umfassendes Kompendium zum Begriff der "Digitalen Synästhesie" dar. "Digitale Synästhesie" umfasst ein völlig neues Konzept der digitalen Künste im 21. Jahrhundert, das die multimediale, auf dem binären Code basierende Ästhetik der digitalen Kunst mit der Multimodalität von Synästhesie als Wahrnehmungsform verbindet. Unter dem Begriff "Digital Synesthesia" geben die Herausgeberinnen diesem neuen Phänomen nicht nur einen Namen. Texte renommierter Medien- und Kunsttheoretiker, Medienkünstler und Neurowissenschaftler vermitteln spannende Einsichten in die Erforschung der synästhetischen Wahrnehmungsmöglichkeiten von multimedialen digitalen Kunstwerken.

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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Book Synopsis The Oxford Handbook of Synesthesia by : Julia Simner

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.

Cognitive Processes in the Perception of Art

Author : W.R. Crozier
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 9780080866734
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (667 download)

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Book Synopsis Cognitive Processes in the Perception of Art by : W.R. Crozier

Download or read book Cognitive Processes in the Perception of Art written by W.R. Crozier and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1984-06-01 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews progress and describes original research in the cognitive psychology of the arts. The invited contributors are leading authorities, and the topics which they cover include psychological approaches to symbols and meaning in art, issues in experimental aesthetics, the development in children of artistic production and appreciation, and the perception of musical and pictorial material.

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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Book Synopsis Sensory Blending by : Ophelia Deroy

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.

Summary & Analysis of Unthinkable

Author : ZIP Reads
Publisher : ZIP Reads
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Summary & Analysis of Unthinkable by : ZIP Reads

Download or read book Summary & Analysis of Unthinkable written by ZIP Reads and published by ZIP Reads. This book was released on 2018-08-20 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. If you'd like to purchase the original book, please paste this link in your browser: https://amzn.to/2MY4Lr5 Award-winning science writer Helen Thomson unlocks the secrets of the world's strangest brains—from a man who believes he is a tiger, to a woman who gets lost in her own house, to the doctor who can feel the pain of others just by looking at them. Unthinkable will change the way you think about your own brain! What does this ZIP Reads Summary Include? Synopsis of the original book Summary & Key Takeaways from each case study Overview of the science behind each phenomena A brief history of brain science Editorial Review Background on the author About the Original Book: Helen Thomson's first book, Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains, is the tale of nine of the most unbelieveable brain phenomena ever recorded. From a man whose personality changed overnight to a man who believed he was dead, this part-neuroscience, part-narrative dives deep into the personal stories of each of these cases. Rather than present just the science behind these extraordinary phenomena, Thomson takes an intimate approach to unravel more about what these conditions can teach us about our own brains. DISCLAIMER: This book is intended as a companion to, not a replacement for, Unthinkable: An Extraordinary Journey Through the World's Strangest Brains. ZIP Reads is wholly responsible for this content and is not associated with the original author in any way. Please follow this link: https://amzn.to/2vOEeGi purchase a copy of the original book. We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites.

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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Book Synopsis Synesthesia by : Richard E. Cytowic

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.

The Frog who Croaked Blue

Author : Jamie Ward
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135249571
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Frog who Croaked Blue written by Jamie Ward and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-05-07 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Everyone will be closely acquainted with a few people who have synesthesia but you may not yet know who they are because, until very recently, it was largely hidden and unknown. Now science is uncovering its secrets and the findings are leading to a radical rethink about how our senses are organized.

Concepts, Results, and Applications

Author : E. Klinger
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 146843974X
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (684 download)

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Book Synopsis Concepts, Results, and Applications by : E. Klinger

Download or read book Concepts, Results, and Applications written by E. Klinger and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stream of our consciousness contains an almost unceasing parade of sensation-like experiences, even in the absence of any external stimulation to produce them. We experience picture-like things, sound-like things, and more; our experiences can resemble any of our sense modalities. These experiences are what we refer to by the phrase "mental imagery." The images need not be vivid. People who doubt that they experience visual imagery are often persuaded by a simple exercise: count the windows of the house in which you live. Nearly everyone performs this task by walking around the house in imagination while counting windows, or by walking through the house counting them from the inside. The imaginary windows seem to be set in visual space. There is a temptation to point at them with an index finger while one counts, even though the images may never become vivid enough to seem like an actual visual experience. But if they seem set in visual space, if they can be pointed at, they clearly constitute a sensory-like experience in some meaningful way.

Olfactory Consciousness across Disciplines

Author : Benjamin D. Young
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889194221
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (891 download)

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Book Synopsis Olfactory Consciousness across Disciplines by : Benjamin D. Young

Download or read book Olfactory Consciousness across Disciplines written by Benjamin D. Young and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our sense of smell pervasively influences our most common behaviors and daily experience, yet little is known about olfactory consciousness. Over the past decade and a half research in both the fields of Consciousness Studies and Olfaction has blossomed, however, olfactory consciousness has received little to no attention. The olfactory systems unique anatomy, functional organization, sensory processes, and perceptual experiences offers a fecund area for exploring all aspects of consciousness, as well as a external perspective for re-examining the assumptions of contemporary theories of consciousness. It has even been suggested that the olfactory system may represent the minimal neuroanatomy that is required for conscious processing. Given the variegated nature of research on consciousness, we include original papers concerning the nature of olfactory consciousness. The scope of the special edition widely incorporates olfaction as it relates to Consciousness, Awareness, Attention, Phenomenal- or Access-Consciousness, and Qualia. Research concerning olfaction and cross-modal integration as it relates to conscious experience is also address. As the initial foray into this uncharted area of research, we include contributions from across all disciplines contributing to cognitive neuroscience, including neurobiology, neurology, psychology, philosophy, linguistics, and computer sciences. It is our hope that this Research Topic will serve as the impetus for future interdisciplinary research on olfaction and consciousness.

PROMETHEUS R&D SYNESTHESIA IN ART

Author : Bulat M. Galeyev
Publisher : Meta Yayınevi
ISBN 13 : 6250008373
Total Pages : 83 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book PROMETHEUS R&D SYNESTHESIA IN ART written by Bulat M. Galeyev and published by Meta Yayınevi. This book was released on 2022-09-07 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prometheus R&D argued and defended the opinion that synesthesia rather than being a mind anomaly is a norm of human psychic perception, imagination, and creativity manifested in non-verbal thinking, realized by either involuntary or by purposeful comparison of different modalities, on the basis of structural, semantic, or emotional similarities. In this context, synesthesia associates with cultural aspects rather than being a biological phenomenon, moreover, Bulat Galeyev persistently stressed that language, monosensory, and bisensory arts, serve as the “testing areas” where synaesthesia is formed and most actively cultivated.

Ideophones

Author : Erhard Friedrich Karl Voeltz
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027229465
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (294 download)

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Book Synopsis Ideophones by : Erhard Friedrich Karl Voeltz

Download or read book Ideophones written by Erhard Friedrich Karl Voeltz and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present volume represents a selection of papers presented at the International Symposium on Ideophones held in January 1999 in St. Augustin, Germany. They center around the following hypotheses: Ideophones are universal; and constitute a grammatical category in all languages of the world; ideophones and similar words have a special dramaturgic function that differs from all other word classes: they simulate an event, an emotion, a perception through language. In addition to this unique function, a good number of formal parallels can be observed. The languages dealt with here display strikingly similar patterns of derivational processes involving ideophones. An equally widespread common feature is the introduction of ideophones via a verbum dicendi or complementizer. Another observation concerns the sound-symbolic behavior of ideophones. Thus the word formation of ideophones differs from other words in their tendency for iconicity and sound-symbolism. Finally it is made clear that ideophones are part of spoken language the language register, where gestures are used rather than written language.

The Synesthesia Experience

Author : Maureen Seaberg
Publisher : Red Wheel/Weiser
ISBN 13 : 1637480172
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (374 download)

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Book Synopsis The Synesthesia Experience by : Maureen Seaberg

Download or read book The Synesthesia Experience written by Maureen Seaberg and published by Red Wheel/Weiser. This book was released on 2023 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Synesthesia is wondrous brain trait that is often described as blended senses. This book explores this fascinating subject, combining clear explanations of groundbreaking scientific research with an exploration of a deeper understanding of our senses"--

The Hidden Sense

Author : Cretien Van Campen
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262265001
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Hidden Sense written by Cretien Van Campen and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2010-02-26 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The uncommon sensory perceptions of synesthesia explored through accounts of synesthetes' experiences, the latest scientific research, and suggestions of synesthesia in visual art, music, and literature. What is does it mean to hear music in colors, to taste voices, to see each letter of the alphabet as a different color? These uncommon sensory experiences are examples of synesthesia, when two or more senses cooperate in perception. Once dismissed as imagination or delusion, metaphor or drug-induced hallucination, the experience of synesthesia has now been documented by scans of synesthetes' brains that show "crosstalk" between areas of the brain that do not normally communicate. In The Hidden Sense, Cretien van Campen explores synesthesia from both artistic and scientific perspectives, looking at accounts of individual experiences, examples of synesthesia in visual art, music, and literature, and recent neurological research. Van Campen reports that some studies define synesthesia as a brain impairment, a short circuit between two different areas. But synesthetes cannot imagine perceiving in any other way; many claim that synesthesia helps them in daily life. Van Campen investigates just what the function of synesthesia might be and what it might tell us about our own sensory perceptions. He examines the experiences of individual synesthetes—from Patrick, who sees music as images and finds the most beautiful ones spring from the music of Prince, to the schoolgirl Sylvia, who is surprised to learn that not everyone sees the alphabet in colors as she does. And he finds suggestions of synesthesia in the work of Scriabin, Van Gogh, Kandinsky, Nabokov, Poe, and Baudelaire. What is synesthesia? It is not, van Campen concludes, an audiovisual performance, a literary technique, an artistic trend, or a metaphor. It is, perhaps, our hidden sense—a way to think visually; a key to our own sensitivity.

Multisensory Perception

Author : K. Sathian
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0128125640
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Multisensory Perception written by K. Sathian and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-09-15 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multisensory Perception: From Laboratory to Clinic surveys the current state of knowledge on multisensory processes, synthesizing information from diverse streams of research and defining hypotheses and questions to direct future work. Reflecting the nature of the field, the book is interdisciplinary, comprising the findings and views of writers with diverse backgrounds and varied methods, including psychophysical, neuroanatomical, neurophysiological and neuroimaging approaches. Sections cover basic principles, specific interactions between the senses, the topic of crossmodal correspondences between particular sensory attributes, the related topic of synesthesia, and the clinic. Offers a comprehensive, up-to-date overview of the current state of knowledge on multisensory processes Coverage includes basic principles, specific interactions between the senses, crossmodal correspondences and the clinical aspects of multisensory processes Includes psychophysical, neuroanatomical, neurophysiological and neuroimaging approaches

The Man Who Tasted Shapes, revised edition

Author : Richard E. Cytowic
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262532556
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (325 download)

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Book Synopsis The Man Who Tasted Shapes, revised edition by : Richard E. Cytowic

Download or read book The Man Who Tasted Shapes, revised edition written by Richard E. Cytowic and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2003-08-11 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this medical detective adventure, Cytowic shows how synesthesia, or "joined sensation," illuminates a wide swath of mental life and leads to a new view of what it means to be human. Richard Cytowic's dinner host apologized, "There aren't enough points on the chicken!" He felt flavor also as a physical shape in his hands, and the chicken had come out "too round." This offbeat comment in 1980 launched Cytowic's exploration into the oddity called synesthesia. He is one of the few world authorities on the subject. Sharing a root with anesthesia ("no sensation"), synesthesia means "joined sensation," whereby a voice, for example, is not only heard but also seen, felt, or tasted. The trait is involuntary, hereditary, and fairly common. It stayed a scientific mystery for two centuries until Cytowic's original experiments led to a neurological explanation—and to a new concept of brain organization that accentuates emotion over reason. That chicken dinner two decades ago led Cytowic to explore a deeper reality that, he argues, exists in everyone but is often just below the surface of awareness (which is why finding meaning in our lives can be elusive). In this medical detective adventure, Cytowic shows how synesthesia, far from being a mere curiosity, illuminates a wide swath of mental life and leads to a new view of what is means to be human—a view that turns upside down conventional ideas about reason, emotional knowledge, and self-understanding. This 2003 edition features a new afterword.

The Unity of the Senses

Author : Lawrence E. Marks
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 148326033X
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book The Unity of the Senses written by Lawrence E. Marks and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Academic Press Series in Cognition and Perception: The Unity of the Senses: Interrelations Among the Modalities focuses on the perceptual processes, approaches, and methodologies involved in studies on the unity of the senses. The publication first elaborates on the doctrines of equivalent information, analogous sensory attributes and qualities, and common psychophysical properties. Discussions focus on discrimination, sensitivity, sound symbolism, intensity, brightness, and cross-modal perception of size, form, and space. The text then examines the doctrine of neural correspondences and sound symbolism in poetry, including sound and meaning, analogue and formal representation, vowel symbolism in poetry, coding perceptual information, coding sensory attributes, and evolution and development. The manuscript takes a look at synesthetic metaphor in poetry, as well as unity of the senses and synesthetic metaphor, warm and cool colors, synesthetic metaphors of odor and music, metaphorical imperative, and the music of Conrad Aiken. The publication is a valuable source of data for researchers interested in the unity of the senses.