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The hidden sense : synesthesia in art and science
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The hidden sense : synesthesia in art and science

Author: Crétien van Campen
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2008.
Series: Leonardo (Series) (Cambridge, Mass.)
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Campen, Crétien van.
Hidden sense.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2008
(OCoLC)608379342
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Crétien van Campen
ISBN: 9780262220811 0262220814 9780262514071 0262514079
OCLC Number: 80179991
Description: viii, 185 p., [10] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction --
I. Perception --
2. Music video clip without TV --
3. Children draw music --
4. Visual music --
II. Thought --
5. Calculating in colors --
6. Poetic synesthesia --
7. Exploring drug-induced synesthesia --
III. Insight --
8. A colored brain? --
9. Dark double bass and purple piano --
10. The hidden sense.
Series Title: Leonardo (Series) (Cambridge, Mass.)
Responsibility: Cretien van Campen.
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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  Read more...

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"This slim volume provides a good introduction to the fascinating phenomenon of synesthesia in art and science... A welcome addition to the growing literature on the subject." Simon Shaw-Miller The Read more...

 
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