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The Synesthesia Experience by Maureen Seaberg

The Synesthesia Experience

Tasting Words, Seeing Music, and Hearing Color

Maureen Seaberg

Red Wheel Weiser LLC · Print & ebook · September 4, 2023

“Explores a dimension of synesthesia long encountered in reports of synesthetes: its relation to mystical and artistic vision . . . fascinating accounts.” —Patricia Lynne Duffy, author of Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens “The Synesthesia Experience will open up for you a whole new world in our universe.” —The Amazing Kreskin What does blue taste like to you?

NeuroscienceHow We Think & LearnThe Creative Mind
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Who it’s for
Maureen Seaberg explores synesthesia through sensory accounts, interviews, and a year of personal inquiry.
Themes
synesthesia, creativity, neuroscience
Pacing
Reflective

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“Explores a dimension of synesthesia long encountered in reports of synesthetes: its relation to mystical and artistic vision . . . fascinating accounts.” —Patricia Lynne Duffy, author of Blue Cats and Chartreuse Kittens “The Synesthesia Experience will open up for you a whole new world in our universe.” —The Amazing Kreskin What does blue taste like to you?

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A violinist sees a scarlet form when he plays a certain note; a rock star sees waves of blue and green as he composes a ballad; an actress tastes cake when she utters the word “table.” Described by some as a superpower, this mingling of the senses is called synesthesia, and the people who possess this amazing gift are called synesthetes. What happens when a journalist turns her lens on a mystery happening in her own life? Maureen Seaberg did just that and spent a year exploring her synesthesia. What she learned is that synesthesia is not an idle “brain tick” but a unique ability to tap into and reveal a greater creative universe and even the divine. Join her as she visits top neuroscientists, rock stars, violinists, other synesthetes, philosophers, savants, quantum physicists, and even Tibetan lamas on her journey toward the truth. Famous synesthetes and experts interviewed in the book include Billy Joel, Itzhak Perlman, Pharrell Williams, Dr. Dean Radin, Dr. Amit Goswami, and Dylan Lauren.

Synesthesia in Focus

Maureen Seaberg explores synesthesia through sensory accounts, interviews, and a year of personal inquiry.

Come here for

  • Sensory crossovers, from words that taste like cake to music seen as color
  • Interviews with neuroscientists, artists, philosophers, and synesthetes

Expect

  • Accounts of synesthesia linked with artistic and mystical vision
  • Perspectives from musicians, scientists, philosophers, and other synesthetes

Where it sits

The Creative Mind43%
How We Think & Learn42%
Neuroscience27%

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Publisher categories

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience
Authors
Maureen Seaberg
Publisher
Red Wheel Weiser LLC
Published
September 4, 2023
Format
Print & ebook
Theme
synesthesia · creativity · neuroscience
Reading lane
Cognitive Neuroscience