The Man Who Tasted Shapes

Richard E. Cytowic (Doctor), Jonathan Cole (Southampton University)

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English

Massachusetts Inst of Tec
11 August 2003

Psychology; Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology; Cognition & cognitive psychology; Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Popular science; Neurosciences

Series: A Bradford Book

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.

By: Richard E. Cytowic (Doctor)
Foreword by: Jonathan Cole (Southampton University)
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780262532556
ISBN 10: 0262532557
Series: A Bradford Book
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 11 August 2003
Recommended Age: From 18
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Jonathan Cole, D.M., F.R.C.P., is Consultant in Clinical Neurophysiology, Poole Hospital, and at Salisbury Hospital (with its Spinal Centre), a Professor at Bournemouth University and a visiting Senior Lecturer, Southampton University.

Reviews for The Man Who Tasted Shapes

...written on a personal level that allows the reader to explore the psychic phenomenon of synesthesia with the author. -- Anthony L. Vaccarino, Contemporary Psychology With broad sweeps, [Cytowic] outlines a new landscape... read this book. -- Jennifer Altman, NewScientist Cytowic brings all the imagination of a novelist to bear on his exploration of synesthesia. -- Glyn Maxwell, Vogue (European edition)