Brainwaves: A Cultural History of Electroencephalography

ISBN-13: 9780367881498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 334 str.

Cornelius Borck

Opis

In the history of brain research, the prospect of visualizing brain processes has continually awakened great expectations. In this study, Cornelius Borck focuses on a recording technique developed by the German physiologist Hans Berger to register electric brain currents; a technique that was expected to allow the brain to write in its own langu

Spis treści

Introduction - Brain Waves Then and Now  1. Electrifying Brain Images  2. Hans Berger’s Long Path to the EEG  3. Electrotechniques of the Live Mind  4. Terra nova: Contexts of Electroencephalographic Explorations  5. Set to and Survey Much!  6. Designing, Tinkering, Thinking  Conclusion - Plea for an Open Epistemology

O autorze

Cornelius Borck is Professor of History, Theory and Ethics of Medicine and Science and Director of the Institute of History of Medicine and Science Studies at the University of Luebeck, Germany.