Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Maeve Pascoe

  • Synesthesia, empathy, and the “art” of medicine

    Maeve PascoeCleveland, Ohio, United States “Do my name next!” people would exclaim as I tried to explain that I am not “doing” anything, I merely perceive things differently. Not many medical conditions double as parlor tricks, but the benign condition of synesthesia is unique in its ability to astonish. For much of my childhood, I…