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Richard E. Cytowic on Synesthesia

Picture a world in which you can not only hear language, but taste its flavor, feel its shape, and see its color. According to pioneering neurologist Richard E. Cytowic we all possess the multisensory perception known as synesthesia, but only a few of us are consciously aware of that power. Written off as a scientific mystery, synesthesia was historically viewed as a disorder until Cytowic’s research provided a new perspective. Join Cytowic at Chicago Humanities Festival for a conversation on how synesthesia works and what it illuminates about the human brain, individual subjectivity, and the origins of creativity.

This program is presented in partnership with Chicago Humanities Festival.

Tickets go on sale to CHF members on March 18 and the general public on March 24.

Public Ticket Price: $20 | Member Ticket Price: $15 | Student Ticket Price: $10

Preorder your copy of Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses through the CHF box office and save 20%.

Richard E. Cytowic is best known for having rediscovered synesthesia—the involuntary coupling of the senses—and returning the phenomenon to mainstream science. He and David Eagleman received the Montaigne Medal for Wednesday Is Indigo Blue. Cytowic writes “The Fallible Mind” column at Psychology Today, authors TED lessons, and has spoken at the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian, and others. A three–time Fellow of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Cytowic is also Clinical Professor of Neurology at George Washington University. His current book is Digital Distractions: Your Stone–Age Brain on Screens & How They Kill Your Social Skills.