Syntopy is the fusion of different qualities into a new whole.
Syntopy suggests that two formally unrelated qualities are brought together at one location (which can also happen in ones mind) to form a new quality of some sort. This creates space for a special milieu of new and unexpected elements…
There is no universally accepted definition of the concept of syntopy. In neuroscience, the term “syntopy” was coined by Prof. Dr. Ernst Pöppel at the Institute for Medical Psychology of LMU Munich.