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Sensory Blending

By Ophelia Deroy

Sensory Blending

By Ophelia Deroy

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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 commonexamples 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 aninsight 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 betweenperception, illusion and imagination, and the communicability and sharing of experiences.
Product details
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
332
Release Date:
2017-06-27
Publication Date:
2017-06-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press (UK)
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199688281
ISBN13:
9780199688289
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
663 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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