Article ID: CBB599470055

The Confessions of a Synesthetic Reader (2020)

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Synesthesia is a neuropsychological condition that causes the stimulation of one sense to evoke a sensation in another sense. One of the most common forms involves the perception of color in response to printed letters; for example, a black letter A might be perceived in the reader's mind as a red A. This essay explores the relevance of synesthesia to literary criticism by asking: What effect might perceiving the alphabet in luminous colors have on the experience of reading?

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Authors & Contributors
Campen, Crétien van
Conley, Tom
Day, Sean A.
Dupré, Sven
Finger, Stanley
Graham, Loren R.
Journals
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
History of Psychiatry
Apeiron: Journal for Ancient Philosophy and Science
History of Psychology
Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies
Nuncius: Annali di Storia della Scienza
Publishers
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
Carocci Editore
Columbia University Press
MIT Press
University of Chicago Press
Concepts
Senses and sensation; perception
Color
Neuropsychology
Synesthesia
Visual perception
Medicine
People
Aristotle
Boyle, Robert
Descartes, René
Flournoy, Théodore
Franklin, Christine Ladd
Freud, Sigmund
Time Periods
19th century
Early modern
17th century
18th century
20th century
20th century, early
Places
United States
Great Britain
Korea
Canada
France
Germany
Institutions
University of Toronto
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