THE MAN WHO TASTED SHAPES
Richard E. Cytowic, M.D.
The MIT Press, 1999
LEARNING OBJECTIVES - This course was designed to allow the reader to:
• Become aware of the phenomenon of synesthesis in which input from one sense becomes transformed into another
• Understand that the brain makes its representation of the world with the aid of sensory information
• Recognize the number of people who experience synesthesia
• Learn the four types of shapes people see in hallucinations based on research and connected to the nervous system
• Understand the author’s description of the current view of brain functioning
• Understand the criteria for diagnosing synesthesia
Richard E. Cytowic, M.D., is the founder of Capitol Neurology, a private clinic in Washington, D.C., and the author of several books and articles, as well as being a nominee of the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for his cover story in the NEW YORK TIMES. Dr. Cytowic serves on the editorial boards of the journals BRAIN & LANGUAGE and BRAIN & COGNITION, and is a Fellow of Britain's Royal Society of Medicine.
8 CE credits; 256 pages
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