Although synesthesia has been known about for 200 years, it is only in the past decade or
so that substantial progress has been made in studying it empirically and in understanding …

Superior perception, peaks of ability, and savant skills are often observed in the autistic
phenotype. The enhanced perceptual functioning model (Mottron et al., 2006a) emphasizes …

Ways of Sensing is a stimulating exploration of the cultural, historical and political
dimensions of the world of the senses. The book spans a wide range of settings and makes …

Humans live in a perceptual world. All of humanity's accomplishments, from agriculture to
space travel, depend on us being able to interact with the world through seeing, feeling …

Objective We aim to elucidate misophonia, a condition in which particular sounds elicit
disproportionally strong aversive reactions. Method A large online study extensively …

Abstract Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) is a previously unstudied
sensory phenomenon, in which individuals experience a tingling, static-like sensation …

NATIONAL BESTSELLER• With the same trademark compassion and erudition he brought
to The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Oliver Sacks explores the place music occupies …

Experimental evidence demonstrates robust cross-modal matches between music and
colors that are mediated by emotional associations. US and Mexican participants chose …

Completely revised and updated, this book focuses on sensory perceptual problems as
identified by individuals on the autism spectrum. Despite frequently being identified by …

Misophonia is a relatively unexplored chronic condition in which a person experiences
autonomic arousal (analogous to an involuntary “fight-or-flight” response) to certain …