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The Mystery of Why Some People Become Sudden Geniuses

By Zaria Gorvett — 2018

There’s mounting evidence that brain damage has the power to unlock extraordinary creative talents. What can this teach us about how geniuses are made?

Read on www.bbc.com

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What It’s Like to Have Mirror Touch Synesthesia: A Doctor Who Literally Feels Your Pain

Dr. Joel Salinas is a neurologist who possesses a rare neurological trait himself: he has mirror touch synesthesia, a rare form of the perceptual condition that allows him to experience the same physical sensations and feelings as the people around him.

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Feeling All the Feels: Living With Mirror-Touch Synesthesia

For Carolyn Hart, empathy is more than a feeling—it's physical. The professional masseuse has a rare neurological condition called mirror-touch synesthesia. When Hart sees another person in pain, she physically feels that pain too.

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Billie Eilish Talks Happier Than Ever, Directing Music Videos and Her Synesthesia | The Tonight Show

Billie Eilish talks about her new album Happier Than Ever, directing her own music videos and reveals what shape and color Jimmy is according to her synesthesia.

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Mirror Touch: A Memoir of Synesthesia and the Secret Life of the Brain

In this “rich, fascinating portrait of extraordinary sensory awareness” (Kirkus), acclaimed neurologist Joel Salinas, M.D.

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Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia

A person with synesthesia might feel the flavor of food on her fingertips, sense the letter “J” as shimmering magenta or the number “5” as emerald green, hear and taste her husband’s voice as buttery golden brown.

Richard E. Cytowic, David M. Eagleman

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Synesthesia

An accessible, concise primer on the neurological trait of synesthesia—vividly felt sensory couplings—by a founder of the field.

Richard E. Cytowic

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The Artist Who Paints What She Hears

Melissa McCracken thought everyone associated colors with music the same way she did. But she soon realized that her senses were unique. The Kansas City-based artist is a synesthete, and she is able to translate sound into vivid paintings. Talk about seeing the world in a different light.

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Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant

Bestselling author Daniel Tammet (Thinking in Numbers) is virtually unique among people who have severe autistic disorders in that he is capable of living a fully independent life and able to explain what is happening inside his head.

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Autism in Heels: The Untold Story of a Female Life on the Spectrum

Jennifer exposes the constant struggle between carefully crafted persona and authentic existence, editing the autism script with wit, candor, passion, and power. Her journey is one of reverse-self-discovery not only as an Aspie but--more importantly--as a thoroughly modern woman.

Jennifer Cook O'Toole

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Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World that Wasn’t Designed for You

As a successful Harvard- and Berkeley-educated writer, entrepreneur, and devoted mother, Jenara Nerenberg was shocked to discover that her “symptoms”—only ever labeled as anxiety—were considered autistic and ADHD.

Jenara Nerenberg

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