Picturing personhood : brain scans and biomedical identity /
"By showing us the human brain at work, PET (positron emission tomography) scans are subtly--and sometimes not so subtly--transforming how we think about our minds. This book follows this remarkable and expensive technology from the laboratory into the world and back. It examines how PET scans...
Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2004.
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Series: | In-formation series.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Introduction
- Ch. 2. Metaphors, Histories, and Visions of PET
- Ch. 3. Producing Brain Images of Mind
- Ch. 4. Ways of Seeing Brains as Expert Images
- Ch. 5. Traveling Images, Popularizing Brains
- Ch. 6. Conclusion: Here Is a PET Image of a Person that Shows Depression.