Brainwaves a cultural history of electroencephalography /
In the history of brain research, the prospect of visualizing brain processes has continually awakened great expectations. In this study, Cornelius Borck focuses on a recording technique developed by the German physiologist Hans Berger to register electric brain currents; a technique that was expect...
| Uniform Title: | Hirnströme. English |
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| Main Author: | Borck, Cornelius, |
| Other Authors: | Hentschel, Ann, |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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London ; New York :
Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group,
2018.
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| Physical Description: |
1 online resource (1 electronic resource (xii, 333 pages)). |
| Series: |
Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- brain waves then and now
- Electrifying brain images
- Hans Berger's long path to the EEG
- Electrotechniques of the live mind
- Terra nova : contexts of electroencephalographic explorations
- Set to and survey much!
- Designing, tinkering, thinking.