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The advance of neuroscience : twelve topics from the Victorian era to today / Lori A. Schmied
- Title
- The advance of neuroscience : twelve topics from the Victorian era to today / Lori A. Schmied
- Author
- Schmied, Lori A., 1958-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | QP360 .S35 2019 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- x, 246 pages; 23 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9781476665573
- 1476665575
- 9781476633978 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2018049361
- 99979920875
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries