The Man Who Tasted Words

Author Name: Jay Lechziner

Our five senses are the channels through which we know the smell of a cup of coffee, the notes of a favorite song that suddenly come on the radio, or the feel of our pet's fur. But do we trust our senses to the point of accepting everything they send to our brains? In this book, Jay Leschner discusses what we take for granted about the sensory world around us and attempts to reconstruct reality by interpreting what is falsely assumed, a scientific explanation based on the close connection between our sensory perception and neuroscience. That we are victims of the lies our brains tell us is not a common idea, but the book gives readers examples of extraordinary individuals, such as one man who actually "tasted" words, and shows us how such sensory disturbances have shaken their owners' conceptions of the senses.