Along the way we meet a number of extraordinary individuals and step through the looking glass and into their worlds. And investigating what happens when they deviate from the norm. In The Man Who Tasted Words, consultant neurologist Guy Leschziner takes us on a journey through the senses, exploring how each one shapes our experience of the world. What we perceive to be the absolute truth of the world around us is a complex reconstruction, a virtual reality created by the complex machinations of our minds in tandem with the wiring of our nervous systems.īut what happens if that wiring goes awry? What happens if connections falter, or new and unexpected connections are made? Tiny shifts in the microbiology of our nervous systems can cause the world around us to shift and mutate, to become alien and unfamiliar. The information you receive from your senses makes up your world. Stretch out a hand what can you feel with your fingertips, your palm, the soft underside of your wrist? Through real stories about what happens when our fragile perception of the world around us and within us is severed, Guy Leschziner connects us back to our senses.'Ĭlose your eyes and think of a loved one - do you see their face? 'From the opening paragraph, I was spellbound, entranced.
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