Sinposis

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.