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'''Richard Cytowic''' is a neurologist and author [http://cytowic.net/html/books.html] best known for rediscovering synesthesia <ref>Cytowic, RE (2009) ''Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia.'' (Co-authored with [[David Eagleman]])Cambridge: MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-201279-9</ref><ref>Cytowic, RE (2003) ''The Man Who Tasted Shapes'' Cambridge: MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-253456-6</ref><ref>Cytowic, RE (2002).''Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses (2nd ed).'' Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-26-2032964 (1st ed 1989, Springer-Verlag.)</ref> in 1980 and returning it to the scientific mainstream. |
'''Richard Cytowic''' is a neurologist and author [http://cytowic.net/html/books.html] best known for rediscovering synesthesia <ref>Cytowic, RE (2009) ''Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia.'' (Co-authored with [[David Eagleman]])Cambridge: MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-201279-9</ref><ref>Cytowic, RE (2003) ''The Man Who Tasted Shapes'' Cambridge: MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-253456-6</ref><ref>Cytowic, RE (2002).''Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses (2nd ed).'' Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-26-2032964 (1st ed 1989, Springer-Verlag.)</ref> in 1980 and returning it to the scientific mainstream. |
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A [[Pulitzer Prize]] nominee for his [[New York Times Magazine]] cover story<ref>September 27, 1981</ref>about [[James Brady]], the Presidential Press Secretary shot in the brain during the assassination attempt on [[Ronald Reagan|President Reagan]], Dr. Cytowic’s writings range from textbooks<ref>''The Neurological Side of Neuropsychology''(1996). Cambridge: MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-2032315</ref> and music reviews to his "Love Doctor" essays.<ref>[http://cytowic.net/html/______love_doctor.html Dr. Cytowic's Website, ''Love Doctor'' essays]</ref> Brief medical biographies of [[Anton Chekhov]]<ref>[http://cytowic.net/html/selected_prizewinning__article.html Cytowic.net Checkhov pdf]</ref> and [[Maurice Ravel]]<ref>''Aphasia in Maurice Ravel,'' Irwin Brody Award for History of Neuroscience, Duke University (1978). Available at [http://cytowic.net/html/selected_prizewinning__article.html| Cytowic.net Ravel pdf] </ref> typify his bridging of science and art. His work is the subject of |
A [[Pulitzer Prize]] nominee for his [[New York Times Magazine]] cover story<ref>September 27, 1981</ref>about [[James Brady]], the Presidential Press Secretary shot in the brain during the assassination attempt on [[Ronald Reagan|President Reagan]], Dr. Cytowic’s writings range from textbooks<ref>''The Neurological Side of Neuropsychology''(1996). Cambridge: MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-2032315</ref> and music reviews to his "Love Doctor" essays.<ref>[http://cytowic.net/html/______love_doctor.html Dr. Cytowic's Website, ''Love Doctor'' essays]</ref> Brief medical biographies of [[Anton Chekhov]]<ref>[http://cytowic.net/html/selected_prizewinning__article.html Cytowic.net Checkhov pdf]</ref> and [[Maurice Ravel]]<ref>''Aphasia in Maurice Ravel,'' Irwin Brody Award for History of Neuroscience, Duke University (1978). Available at [http://cytowic.net/html/selected_prizewinning__article.html| Cytowic.net Ravel pdf] </ref> typify his bridging of science and art. His work is the subject of several documentaries<ref>[http://listserv.ucsb.edu/lsv-cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9412&L=nabokv-l&P=1503 Nabokov archives]</ref> |
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Richard E. Cytowic | |
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| Born | December 16, 1952 Trenton, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Duke University, Wake Forest |
| Known for | Synesthesia, Neuropsychology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience, Writing |
| Institutions | George Washington University Medical Center |
Richard Cytowic is a neurologist and author [1] best known for rediscovering synesthesia [1][2][3] in 1980 and returning it to the scientific mainstream.
A Pulitzer Prize nominee for his New York Times Magazine cover story[4]about James Brady, the Presidential Press Secretary shot in the brain during the assassination attempt on President Reagan, Dr. Cytowic’s writings range from textbooks[5] and music reviews to his "Love Doctor" essays.[6] Brief medical biographies of Anton Chekhov[7] and Maurice Ravel[8] typify his bridging of science and art. His work is the subject of several documentaries[9]
Biography
Richard E. Cytowic grew up in New Jersey to a physician father and artist mother, and an extended family of scientists and artists. He liked taking things apart and putting them back together to figure out how they worked. He attended Hun School of Princeton, graduated cum laud from Duke University, and received his M.D. from Wake Forest's Bowman Gray School of Medicine. He studied further at London's Queen Square and George Washington before founding a private clinic, Capitol Neurology.
Retired from clinical practice, Dr. Cytowic now mentors medical students at George Washington, writes and lectures, and is an MFA student at American University. While in North Carolina, he served as music critic for the Winston-Salem Journal
Books by Richard Cytowic
- Wednesday Is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia (with David Eagleman), Foreword by Dmitri Nabokov (2009). Cambridge:MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-201279-9 Amazon excerpts and TOC
- The Man Who Tasted Shapes (2003). Cambridge: MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-253456-6 Amazon excerpts available
- Synesthesia: A Union of The Senses, 2nd edition (2002). Cambridge: MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-2032964 Search and view MIT contents
- The Neurological Side of Neuropsychology (1996). Cambridge:MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-2032315 Excerpts available here
- Nerve Block For Common Pain(1990). New York:Springer Verlag ISBN 0-387-97147 Details here
Reviews and Essays
- Selected book reviews available Here
- Selected Love Doctor essays available Here.
- Checkhov and Ravel articles available Here
Artist Colony Fellowships
- Residencies at The Hambidge Center for Creative Arts & Sciences, Rabun Gap, GA. Founded on the estate of Jay Hambidge, the artist and mathematician who conceived of Dynamic Symmetry.
- Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Fellow, Virginia Center for Creative Arts
Community
- Point Foundation Mentor
- Advisory Board, Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law
- Clinical Associate Professor of Neurology, George Washington Medical Center
Lectures
External Links
- Richard Cytowic's Web site
- Symposium on Synesthesia in Psyche: an interdisciplinary journal of research on consciousness
References
- ^ Cytowic, RE (2009) Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia. (Co-authored with David Eagleman)Cambridge: MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-201279-9
- ^ Cytowic, RE (2003) The Man Who Tasted Shapes Cambridge: MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-253456-6
- ^ Cytowic, RE (2002).Synesthesia: A Union of the Senses (2nd ed). Cambridge: MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-26-2032964 (1st ed 1989, Springer-Verlag.)
- ^ September 27, 1981
- ^ The Neurological Side of Neuropsychology(1996). Cambridge: MIT Press ISBN 978-0-26-2032315
- ^ Dr. Cytowic's Website, Love Doctor essays
- ^ Cytowic.net Checkhov pdf
- ^ Aphasia in Maurice Ravel, Irwin Brody Award for History of Neuroscience, Duke University (1978). Available at Cytowic.net Ravel pdf
- ^ Nabokov archives