The novel approaches synesthesia through the cognitive and biological perspective, imperative for anyone trying to understand the condition. Without both of these views on synesthesia, the condition would not be fully understood as it combines both perceptions based on patient explanation as well as the need to test the biological roots of the condition. This novel has the ability to affect the understanding of human behavior through its divergent approach to a psychological study. Human behavior is not something that can be defined or neatly explained as Cytowic so clearly illustrates. There are many layers to people, especially people who experience unique variants on life, such as those with synesthesia. Many of the people with synesthesia suffered because of their condition, although not physically. These people, who are beautifully unique, were labeled as strange when they divulged their strange way of seeing things. These rejections caused many of them to hide this part of their life, something that should not be promoted. Synesthesia deserves to be appreciated and studied, just as Cytowic respectfully
The novel approaches synesthesia through the cognitive and biological perspective, imperative for anyone trying to understand the condition. Without both of these views on synesthesia, the condition would not be fully understood as it combines both perceptions based on patient explanation as well as the need to test the biological roots of the condition. This novel has the ability to affect the understanding of human behavior through its divergent approach to a psychological study. Human behavior is not something that can be defined or neatly explained as Cytowic so clearly illustrates. There are many layers to people, especially people who experience unique variants on life, such as those with synesthesia. Many of the people with synesthesia suffered because of their condition, although not physically. These people, who are beautifully unique, were labeled as strange when they divulged their strange way of seeing things. These rejections caused many of them to hide this part of their life, something that should not be promoted. Synesthesia deserves to be appreciated and studied, just as Cytowic respectfully