Neurotechnologies of the Self
Mind, Brain and Subjectivity
Seiten
2016
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1st ed. 2016
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-53385-2 (ISBN)
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-53385-2 (ISBN)
Taking care of oneself is increasingly interpreted as taking care of one’s brain. This book explores how the use of brain devices to understand or improve the self changes people’s subjectivity.
This book describes how the effects of several brain devices were and are demonstrated;
Taking care of oneself is increasingly interpreted as taking care of one’s brain. Apart from pills, books, food, and games for a better brain, people can also use neurotechnologies for self-improvement. This book explores how the use of brain devices to understand or improve the self changes people’s subjectivity.
This book describes how the effects of several brain devices were and are demonstrated; how brains and selves interact in the work of early brainwave scientists and contemporary practitioners; how users of neurofeedback (brainwave training) constitute a new mode of self that is extended with a brain and various other (physiological, psychological, material, and sometimes spiritual) entities, and; how clients, practitioners and other actors (computers, brain maps, brainwaves) perform a dance of agency during the neurofeedback process. Through these topics, Jonna Brenninkmeijer provides a historical, ethnographical, and theoretical exploration ofthe mode of being that is constituted when people use a brain device to improve themselves.
This book describes how the effects of several brain devices were and are demonstrated;
Taking care of oneself is increasingly interpreted as taking care of one’s brain. Apart from pills, books, food, and games for a better brain, people can also use neurotechnologies for self-improvement. This book explores how the use of brain devices to understand or improve the self changes people’s subjectivity.
This book describes how the effects of several brain devices were and are demonstrated; how brains and selves interact in the work of early brainwave scientists and contemporary practitioners; how users of neurofeedback (brainwave training) constitute a new mode of self that is extended with a brain and various other (physiological, psychological, material, and sometimes spiritual) entities, and; how clients, practitioners and other actors (computers, brain maps, brainwaves) perform a dance of agency during the neurofeedback process. Through these topics, Jonna Brenninkmeijer provides a historical, ethnographical, and theoretical exploration ofthe mode of being that is constituted when people use a brain device to improve themselves.
Jonna Brenninkmeijer works at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. She previously conducted her doctoral research at the University of Groningen, and was a postdoctoral researcher at the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK, and at the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Preface.- Chapter 1. Brain Devices and the Marvel.- Chapter 2.- Glancing Behind the Scenes.- Chapter 3. Taking Care of One's Brain.- Intermezzo: From Self to Others to Agents.- Chapter 4. Neurofeedback as a Dance of Agency.- Chapter 5. Reflection and Conclusion.- Summary.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.04.2016 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 4 Illustrations, color; 1 Illustrations, black and white; XIII, 169 p. 5 illus., 4 illus. in color. |
| Verlagsort | Basingstoke |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 148 x 210 mm |
| Themenwelt | Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Erkenntnistheorie / Wissenschaftstheorie | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| Technik | |
| Schlagworte | Neurotechnology • Philosophy • Science and Technology Studies • Sociology of Science • STS |
| ISBN-10 | 1-137-53385-4 / 1137533854 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-137-53385-2 / 9781137533852 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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