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As little Edgar Curtis lay on his porch, he remarked to his mother how the noise of the rifle range was black, the chirp of the cricket was red, and the croak of the frog was bluish. Edgar, like many other people, has synesthesia - a fascinating condition in which music can have color, words can have taste, and time and numbers float through space. Everyone will be closely acquainted with at least 6 or 7 people who have synesthesia but you may not yet know who they are because, until very recently, synesthesia 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. In this timely and thought-p...
Year two of this fresh, timely, beautiful addition to the Best American series, introduced by Nate Silver The rise of infographics across virtually all print and electronic media reveals patterns in our lives and worlds in fresh and surprising ways. As we find ourselves in the era of big data, where information moves faster than ever, infographics provide us with quick, often influential bursts of art and knowledge — to digest, tweet, share, go viral. Best American Infographics 2014 captures the finest examples, from the past year, of this mesmerizing new way of seeing and understanding our world. Guest introducer Nate Silver brings his unparalleled expertise and lively analysis to this visually compelling new volume.
Revealing the neuroscience and genetics behind synesthesia—and how this multi-sensory phenomenon changed our view of the brain. A person with synesthesia might feel the flavor of food on her fingertips, sense the letter “J” as shimmering magenta or the number “5” as emerald green, hear and taste her husband’s voice as buttery golden brown. Synesthetes rarely talk about their peculiar sensory gift—believing either that everyone else senses the world exactly as they do, or that no one else does. Yet synesthesia occurs in 1 in 20 people, and is even more common among artists. One famous synesthete was novelist Vladimir Nabokov, who insisted as a toddler that the colors on his wood...
Las conferencias, comunicaciones y posters que se publican en estas actas, se presentan según el autor las entregó en la secretaría general del congreso. Su estructura es interactiva. Desde el índice, pueden acceder a la información contenida en estas actas/ The conferences, communications and posters that are published in these e-book, are presented according to the author delivered them in the general secretariat of the congress. This e-book is interactive. You can accede to all the information from the index Los textos se presentan en la lengua original presentados por cada autor. Los abstractos se presentan en ambas versiones: Español/Inglés.
ACTAS DEL “VI CONGRESO INTERNACIONAL DE SINESTESIA, CIENCIA Y ARTE + ACTIVIDADES PARALELAS 2018”. Alcalá la Real, Jaén (España). Sedes: Convento de Capuchinos, Palacio Abacial, Teatro Martínez Montañés, Alcalá la Real (Jaén) y Conservatorio Superior de Música Victoria Eugenia, Granada, España. Facultad de Bellas Artes, UGR Granada, España Versión digital, Abril de 2018. Primera Edición/First edition: April 2018 E-book ISBN: 978-84-948665-0-0 Comité editorial: Mª José de Córdoba Serrano; Julia López de la Torre Lucha; Timothy B. Leyden. Diseño imagen, trípticos de promoción y cartel: Víctor Parra ©Editorial: Fundación Internacional Artecittà. Granada. 2018 C/Docto...
Human diversity, with its myriad of different conditions involving biology, psychology, and social structures, remains one of the biggest challenges — and opportunities — facing the species. With many government and private firms now having diversity or equality officers, programmes or committees, it is clear that human diversity is a cornerstone of policy-making at the very highest echelons. All this points to a need for proper scientific and medical information on this topic — not soft 'politically correct' sociology.This book provides the hard facts on human similarities and differences, their causes and effects on people. It covers the whole range from normal to extreme human types...
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.
What is synaesthesia? -- Synaesthesia in the brain -- Synaesthesia and the arts -- Is synaesthesia a 'gift' or a 'condition'? -- Where does synaesthesia come from? The role of genetics and learning -- The question of synaesthesia.
Introduction to Psychological Science provides students with an accessible, comprehensive, and engaging overview of the field of scientific psychology. It expertly incorporates a variety of perspectives ranging from neuroscience to cultural perspectives at an introductory level. Ray brings together cutting-edge research from traditional psychological literature to modern, evolving perspectives, and creates a unified approach by focusing on three core themes: Behavior and Experience: an analysis of behavior and experiences observed across a variety of everyday life situations. Neuroscience: an examination of psychological experiences through neuroscience lens ranging from genetic/epigenetic t...