num_pages: 184
description: Imagine a world in which words have colors and sounds have tastes. Vladimir Nabokov described this neurological phenomenon in his autobiography. It helped inspire David Hockney's sets for the Metropolitan Opera. Richard Feynman experienced it while formulating the quantum theory that won him a Nobel Prize.Sometimes described as a blending of perceptions, synesthesia occurs when one of the five senses is aroused, but two respond. In Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens, journalist Patricia Lynne Duffy draws from her own struggles and breakthroughs with synesthesia to help us better understand the condition, while explicating some of the major theories surrounding it. The result is an illuminating examination of the world of synesthetes - a must-read for science and health buffs, as well as artists, writers, and creative thinkers, or anyone generally intrigued by the brain, the senses, and perception."True synesthetes are rare. So are books about them. This one . . . provides a rich panoply of sensory experiences that we can share vicariously." -Psychology Today
title: Blue Cats and Chartruese Kittens
titlecomplete: Blue Cats and Chartruese Kittens
genres: Neuroscience, Psychology, Science, Nonfiction, Language
ratings_count: 149
publisher: Times Books, Henry Holt and Company, LLC