Title: Bright colors falsely seen : synaesthesia and the search for transcendental knowledge /
Authors: Dann, Kevin T., 1956-
Publisher: Yale University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Synesthesia; Consciousness
Abstract: In a conversation with his physician, a nineteenth-century resident of Paris who lived near the railroad described sensations of brilliant color generated by the sounds of trains passing in the night. This patient - a synaesthete - experienced "color hearing" for letters, words, and most sounds. Synaesthesia, a phenomenon now known to science for more than a century, is a rare form of perception in which one sense may respond to stimuli received by other senses. This fascinating book provides the first historical treatment of synaesthesia and a closely related mode of perception called eideticism.