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2008
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09647040601013325 in citations.
Dermo-optical perception: the non-synesthetic "palpability of colors". A comment on Larner (2006)
Dermo-optical perception: the non-synesthetic "palpability of colors". A comment on Larner (2006)
We comment on Larner's (2006) recent description of the seventeenth-century case of a blind man who could differentiate the color of objects by touch. This ability is generally known as "dermo-optical perception" and is due to the cutaneous temperature sense rather than to synesthetic...
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Personal Name(s): | Brugger, P. |
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Weiss, P. H. | |
Contributing Institute: |
Institut für Neurowissenschaften und Biophysik - Medizin; INB-3 |
Published in: | Journal of the history of the neurosciences, 17 (2008) S. 253 - 255 |
Imprint: |
London
Taylor & Francis
2008
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Physical Description: |
253 - 255 |
DOI: |
10.1080/09647040601013325 |
PubMed ID: |
18421640 |
Document Type: |
Journal Article |
Research Program: |
Funktion und Dysfunktion des Nervensystems |
Series Title: |
Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
17 |
Subject (ZB): | |
Publikationsportal JuSER |
We comment on Larner's (2006) recent description of the seventeenth-century case of a blind man who could differentiate the color of objects by touch. This ability is generally known as "dermo-optical perception" and is due to the cutaneous temperature sense rather than to synesthetic processing. Although devoid of references to the phenomenon of dermo-optical perception, Larner's communication is highly valuable because it raises several issues relevant to present-day neurosciences. These comprise functional reorganization after sensory loss, handedness effects, and differences between single fingers in the sensitivity to thermal changes. |