Original sentence: ," describes some of the early and still common resistance to the existence and study of synesthesia, and explains the fundamental characteristics necessary to "diagnose"  synesthesia.Chapter 2 builds on Chapter 1 discussing the types of synesthesia and the methods used to make a synesthesia diagnosis such as variations on stroop tests.The Introduction likens the "cross-talk" occuring in the brain producing synesthetic experiences to weather patterns in weather in coastal regions where there are no barriers and all of the elements interact.The authors advocate the usefulness of introspective reports as they can later be useful in developing third party tests for such purposes.The potential benefits of synesthesia are expanded on, including it's correlation with eidetic memory and experience of a wider ranger of color
Edited sentence: ", describes some of the early and still common resistance to the existence and study of synesthesia, and explains the fundamental characteristics necessary to "diagnose" synesthesia.Chapter 2 builds on Chapter 1, discussing the types of synesthesia and the methods used to make a synesthesia diagnosis such as variations on stroop tests.The authors advocate the usefulness of introspective reports as they can later be useful in developing third-party tests for such purposes.The introduction likens the "cross-talk" occuring in the brain producing synesthetic experiences to weather patterns in coastal regions where there are no barriers and all of the elements interact.The potential benefits of synesthesia are expanded on, including its correlation with eidetic memory and experience of a wider ranger of color