The Advance of Neuroscience

Twelve Topics from the Victorian Era to Today

Lori A. Schmied (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

200 Seiten

2018
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6557-3 (ISBN)

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Neuroscience has a short history but a long past, to borrow a phrase once used to describe psychology. Although ideas about the relationship of mind and body have been studied since written records were available, it is only in the last fifty years that the term 'neuroscience' has been applied to bring together the variety of academic disciplines focusing on brain and behavior. While there are many published works that address the history of neuroscience or examine current issues, few present contemporary topics while revisiting the historical roots. The Victorian era was particularly important in the development of theories of the nervous system and remnants of those ideas are often visible in today's discourse on brain and behavior. Advances in technology in neuroscience has sometimes yielded a bag of mixed results in forwarding our understanding. This book explores a mix of neuroscience topics focusing on the brain, psychoactive drugs, and applications to a variety of human behaviors and experiences, such as music and sleep.

Lori A. Schmied is a professor of psychology and coordinator of the neuroscience program at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction

• The Brain

1. The New Phrenology

2. The Double Brain

3. “To Sleep, Perchance to Dream”

4. Bad Vibrations: Music on the Brain

• Drugs and Behavior

5. Victorian Explorations of Psychoactive Drugs

6. LSD Redux: Hallucinogens

7. The Poppy’s Curse: Opiates

• Applied Neuroscience

8. You Are What You Eat: Gut and Brain

9. “The Heinous Sin”: Viagra

10. What’s Your Type? Typologies

11. Detoxing the Brain

12. The “Rest Cure” Revisited

Conclusion

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.12.2018
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	328 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Studium ► Querschnittsbereiche ► Geschichte / Ethik der Medizin
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Humanbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-6557-5 / 1476665575
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6557-3 / 9781476665573
Zustand	Neuware