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From photography to fMRI : epistemic functions of images in medical research on hysteria /
Hysteria, a mysterious disease known since antiquity, is said to have ceased to exist. Challenging this commonly held view, this is the first cross-disciplinary study to examine the current functional neuroimaging research into hysteria and compare it to the 19th-century image-based research into th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
Transcript,
2022.
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| Colección: | Image (Transcript (Firm)) ;
v. 209. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Hysteria, a mysterious disease known since antiquity, is said to have ceased to exist. Challenging this commonly held view, this is the first cross-disciplinary study to examine the current functional neuroimaging research into hysteria and compare it to the 19th-century image-based research into the same disorder. Paula Muhr's central argument is that, both in the 19th-century and current neurobiological research on hysteria, images have enabled researchers to generate new medical insights. Through detailed case studies, Muhr traces how different images, from photography to functional brain scans, have reshaped the historically situated medical understanding of this disorder that defies the mind-body dualism. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (613 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-607). |
| ISBN: | 9783839461761 3839461766 |
| Acceso: | Open Access |