The advance of neuroscience : twelve topics from the Victorian era to today / Lori A. Schmied.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmied, Lori A., 1958- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States.

Medical Subjects:

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 246 pages)

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

Summary:

"This book explores topics on the brain, psychoactive drugs, and a variety of human behaviors and experiences taking into consideration the importance of historical roots of neuroscience. It looks particularly at the importance of the Victorian era in the development of theories of the nervous system, which are still visible in today's discourse on brain and behavior"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The new phrenology

The double brain

"To sleep, perchance to dream"

Bad vibrations : music on the brain

Victorian explorations of psychoactive drugs

LSD redux : hallucinogens

The poppy's curse : opiates

You are what you eat : gut and brain

"The heinous sin" : Viagra

What's your type? : typologies

Detoxing the brain

The "rest cure" revisited.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4766-3397-5