The neuroscientific turn : transdisciplinarity in the age of the brain / Melissa M. Littlefield and Jenell M. Johnson, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Littlefield, Melissa M., 1979-

Johnson, Jenell M., 1978-

Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Neurosciences.

Medical Subjects:

Neurosciences.

Physical Description:

xiii, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, [2012]

Contents:

Part 1 The Neuroscientific Turn in Context

1 "The Paradise of Non-Experts": The Neuroscientific Turn of the 1840s United States / Justine S. Murison Murison, Justine S. 29

2 The Performativity of a Historical Brain Event: Revisiting 1517 Strassburg / Jameson Kismet Bell Bell, Jameson Kismet 49

3 The Neural Metaphor / Kélina Gotman Gotman, Kélina 71

Part 2 The Neuroscientific Turn in Practice

4 Brainhood, Selfhood, or "Meat with a Point of View": The Value of Fiction for Neuroscientific Research and Neurological Medicine / Sarah Birge Birge, Sarah 89

5 Neuroscience and the Quest for God / Scott E. Hendrix Hendrix, Scott E., Christopher J. May May, Christopher J. 105

6 Literacy in a Biocultural World: Integrating Sociocultural Studies of Literacy and Neuroscientific Research / Gwen Gorzelsky Gorzelsky, Gwen 120

7 Pragmatic Neuroethics and Neuroscience's Potential to Radically Change Ethics / Eric Racine Racine, Eric, Emma Zimmerman Zimmerman, Emma 135

8 Fast-Moving Objects and Their Consequences: A Response to the Neuroscientific Turn in Practice / Anne Beaulieu Beaulieu, Anne 152

Part 3 Critical Responses to the Neuroscientific Turn

9 Neuroeconomics: A Cautionary Primer / James Niels Rosenquist Rosenquist, James Niels, Casey Rothschild Rothschild, Casey 163

10 Functional Brain Imaging: Neuro-Turn or Wrong Turn? / Susan M. Fitzpatrick Fitzpatrick, Susan M. 180

11 A Clinical Neuroscientist Looks Neuroskeptically at Neuroethics in the Neuroworld / Peter J. Whitehouse Whitehouse, Peter J. 199

12 The Mind-Sciences in a Literature Classroom / Bruce Michelson Michelson, Bruce 216.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Howard R. Jachman Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0472118269

9780472118267

9780472028351

0472028359

OCLC:

768168518

Publisher Number:

99961377443